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83-year-old woman’s wallet stolen; debit card used

Observer Staff Reports

Posted: Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2012

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Gastonia police say this woman used a debit card stolen from an 83-year-old woman who was shopping Nov. 7 in Gastonia. This surveillance photo was taken on the same day that the card and wallet were stolen. (Gastonia police photo.)

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This is another photo of the woman who used a debit card stolen Nov. 7 by an 83-year-old woman in Gastonia. (Gastonia police photo.)

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GASTONIA -- Police say an 83-year-old Gastonia woman had her wallet stolen while shopping last month, and they are looking for a woman seen using a credit card from the wallet a short time later.

According to investigators, the elderly woman was shopping Nov. 7 at the Walmart store on East Franklin Boulevard when someone stole the wallet from her purse.

Later that day, the woman’s debit card was used at a Kangaroo Express at 516 Cox Road in Gastonia. Police have surveillance video photos of the woman who used the card.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to call police Detective Nancy Capistran, 704-866-6884, or contact Crime Stoppers of Gaston County, 704-861-8000.

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