FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Palm Coast man on Monday after tracing Amazon purchases to a debit card a shopper had left in a propane exchange machine outside a Walmart.
On May 5, a shopper accidentally left the bank card in the machine at the Walmart on Cypress Point Parkway. Detectives traced fraudulent Amazon charges to the man, the sheriff’s office said.
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When detectives confronted him, he denied taking or using the card and pulled up his Amazon account to show purchases he said were his. Detectives pointed out that the purchases on his account had been delivered to his home, the office said.
He used the stolen debit card to buy about $79 worth of door hinges and Axe products on Amazon, investigators said.
He was arrested July 6 on charges of possession of personal identifying information without consent and petit theft and was booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.
“Being a good citizen includes reporting or turning in lost property, not using it for your personal gain,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “Finders keepers is a schoolyard rule. In Flagler County, it’s called theft.”
If you find something that isn’t yours — including a lost bank card, wallet or ID — do not use it. Report it to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office at 386-313-4911. If you are missing something, the office may be holding it; a list of found property is available at flaglersheriff.com/found-property.