Crime & Safety
Douglasville Car Break-Ins: Do You Know This Suspect?
Police say the man bought, then returned items at Wal-Mart with a debit card stolen from a vehicle parked outside Gold's Gym.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA β Douglasville Police are asking for the public's help identifying a man they believe stole a debit card from someone's vehicle, then used it to buy, and then return, items at Wal-Mart.
Police posted images of the suspect on social media Monday. They say that, at about 7 p.m. on June 27, the man went into the Wal-Mart on Concourse Parkway and made a purchase. That purchase was made with a debit card that had been stolen about 30 minutes earlier from a vehicle parked outside of Gold's Gym on Chapel Hill Road.
The man returned the items in exchange for cash at a Wal-Mart in Stockbridge the following day, police said.
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Police describe the suspect as a stocky black male. At the Concourse Parkway Wal-Mart, he was wearing black running pants, a gray, zip-up hoodie and a black skull cap. In Stockbridge, he was wearing a black compression shirt, police said.
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Anyone with information about the suspect in the case is asked to contact Detective Walker with the Douglasville Police Department at 678-293-1601 or walkerj@douglasvillega.gov.
Photos courtesy Douglasville Police Department
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