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Pasco deputies: Publix cashier pocketed man's credit card

 
Published April 25, 2012

HUDSON — The last place the man remembered seeing his credit card was at Publix. He checked his account and saw $411.90 in unexplained charges.

Deputies said a cashier at the Publix at 14851 State Road 52 saw that the card had been left behind April 14 — so she decided to use it.

The 16-year-old started out small to test the card, a sheriff's report says, with a 49-cent Butterfinger. Then she bought several gift cards, the report says.

Deputies say she later told them she was using the card for gas and car insurance.

The Times is withholding the girl's name because of her age.

She was arrested on a charge of fraudulent use of a credit card. She was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center in Land O'Lakes.

Representatives from Publix did not immediately return a call to confirm her employment status.