Crime & Safety
Teen Charged with Credit Card Fraud
The following information was obtained directly from Middletown Township Police Department records. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Middletown teen who was employed pumping gas at a local gas station/convenience store stands accused of bilking people of about $1,200 in double gas charges.
On Aug. 31 at 1:30 p.m., Patrolman Keith Hirschbein responded to the WAWA store, Route 36, in reference to a report of a credit card fraud.
Upon arrival store security advised the officer that a store employee, identified as Devin Daniels, 19, of Ocean Avenue, Middletown, allegedly fraudulently used customer credit cards to steal approximately $1,200.
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Officer Hirschbein conducted an investigation and determined that Daniels, who served as a gas attendant, allegedly double charged customers who purchased gas and kept the extra money for himself.
He was arrested and charged with credit card fraud.
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Officer Hirschbein also located two outstanding contempt of court warrants for Daniels arrest issued by the Keansburg Municipal Court.
He was held pending bail being set.
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