AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING SEPARATE LARCENY CASES

By Jon Mayhew (LINCOLNTON) – Lincolnton Police are investigating a pair of separate larceny cases involving Bank of America debit cards that happened within 24 hours of one another.

The first incident was reported at the police department Tuesday around 2:15pm. The incident, according to Officer Jimmy Barlowe, actually happened on January 25.

“The victim said she went to the ATM around 6pm and advised she left her card in the machine and left,” said Barlowe. “The unknown suspect in the case used her card only 59 seconds later according to bank records.”

Barlowe added the victim realized what happened only after the bank notified her of non-sufficient funds in her account.

The victim in the case has a new card, said Barlowe, and has been reimbursed the money by the bank. Total amount of money taken in the first case is around $100.

The second case was reported roughly 24 hours later, Wednesday around 2:05pm.

According to Officer Dwayne McAllister, the victim came to the police department and said he couldn’t locate his ATM card.

“The bank told the victim his card was last used on Tuesday,” said McAllister. “The victim believes the card was stolen on Monday and used at several places in Lincolnton.”

Those places include the Raceway and Food Lion on East Main Street, as well as Walmart on North Generals Boulevard. In total, there were 11 transactions unauthorized on the victim’s debit card totaling more than $1,100.

The investigation into both cases is continuing.