John Crowe This is Me

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1. 1. WMICentral - Duff suspected in theft of credit card

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   Published on: 8/4/2006   Last Visited: 8/5/2006

   Crowe later contacted Wal-Mart to inquire about the two transactions that occurred there with the stolen card; the first transaction occurred on July 18 at 1:30 p.m. for $122, the second occurred later that same day, 10:55 p.m., for $366 but that transaction was denied by the bank. Store security was able to furnish police with security photographs and videotape of the transactions being conducted at the checkout stands. After looking at the security photographs, Crowe was able to identify the person conducting the transaction as Dollar General's assistant manager Duff. In his incident report, Crowe said he returned to Dollar General to speak to Duff. "I asked her about the theft of the card and she denied everything," wrote Crowe. "She said she used cash to buy the items she bought which included pants and shoes." Crowe's report said after much discussion with Duff, she finally broke down crying. She said a woman known only to her as 'Sherry' had stolen the card before Safley found the wallet at Dollar General and that Sherry was the one who had given Duff the card to use. In Czarnyszka's incident report, he said Duff told him it was Sherry who, "...had all the merchandise as well as the receipt for this matter. It's now her word against mine." While one of the photographs shows Duff swiping a credit card through the Wal-Mart credit card machine, she said, she only did that because when Sherry tried to swipe the card, it wouldn't work. Duff told Crowe that even though all of the items in the first Wal-Mart transaction were in her cart, they were actually purchased by Sherry. Duff told the officer she was unaware the credit card was stolen during the first Wal-Mart transaction, but later admitted she knew the card was stolen prior to the second transaction, but used the card anyhow.