Wal-Mart Clerk Notices Customer Trying To Use HER Stolen Credit Card

[matcom]

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- A Wal-Mart clerk noticed something familiar when a customer went through the checkout line -- a credit card from her own wallet, which had been stolen two days earlier, police said.

Ashley Dawn Dover repeatedly tried to pass a credit card through an electronic scanner at the store Tuesday to pay for $120 worth of merchandise, Police Chief James Allen said Wednesday.

Allen said the clerk then offered to try the card and noticed it was her own.

"The clerk looks up at her and says 'This is my stuff and I want it back,"' Allen said. "The suspect reaches in her purse, hands everything over and then runs out the door."

The credit card was stolen from the cashier's car, one of two vehicles broken into at Wal-Mart on Sunday. A camera, CDs and a purse were taken from the cashier's vehicle.

Allen said Dover is accused of using the clerk's checks and credit cards at several different locations in Bentonville and Rogers before police heard the report from the Wal-Mart checkout clerk.

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[NewJeffCT]

1. Why didn't she cancel her own credit card

when it was stolen?

the thief obviously is not a rocket scientist.

[philosophie_en_rose]

She might have. It didn't go through, after all.

:shrug:

The thief is clearly not the brightest bulb in the box. Using a credit card at a store where you stole the card is a very interesting strategy.

[philosophie_en_rose]

2. She might have. It didn't go through, after all.

:shrug:

The thief is clearly not the brightest bulb in the box. Using a credit card at a store where you stole the card is a very interesting strategy.

[Hugin]

3. Talk about a "D'oh!" moment.

Dummy.

[grace0418]

4. It takes a special brand of stupid to go back to the store where you

stole the wallet and try to use the card.