Credit card crook treats himself to fried chicken and liquor

Mystery man in beard and trench coat wanted in Newport News

Newport News, VA – A man draped in a trench coat is wanted after a New Year’s Day shopping spree made on someone else’s dime — and cops say he used a lost credit card to fund his hit list of purchases that included fried chicken, booze, and a vape run.

On Monday, January 1, a victim lost their credit cards at the Food Lion on Pilot House Drive in Newport News. Before they could cancel the cards, a man allegedly scooped them up and used them across multiple nearby businesses in what investigators are calling a coordinated string of fraud transactions…

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