on February 18th 2023 police responded
to a Verizon store after receiving a
report that a male suspect had attempted
to purchase an iPhone 14 and a PS5 using
a line of credit that wasn't his the
suspect later admitted that another
individual had offered him $50 to make
the fraudulent
purchase um he has a fake ID I called
customer customer says that is not that
he wanted to call the cops because it's
not and it's start in the the purchase
that sound like he knew like the
person's full information mhm okay yeah
so just want to check the ID as a
passport
car hi hi how you doing who the hell are
you will I'm doing good apparently
you're trying to use um somebody else
name to open the mind I'm sorry you have
your IDE on you yeah see can we see it
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fish what happened
now the person's name you're trying to
use to open a line here who is he or she
to you
um my my
son he's schol
why are you trying to get under your
son's l boy he's going away to college
so trying to get him a a new phone you
know
so you
go what happened they called up saying I
was trying toate
somebody they're saying the name you
gave
them they called they called that person
and that person doesn't know you
oh is that what's happening is that
person actually your son don't lie to me
tell no I'm not going to lie that person
not my son okay so why are you trying to
get on that person's
line I don't know because somebody
promised to pay me money to do something
I I should have done it I'm sorry
somebody was going to pay me money if I
got them a
phone so somebody was going to pay you
how did you get them a phone to get them
a phone yeah cuz I had no money yes and
you how did you come up with this
person's name to give them they gave me
the number they
gave okay I don't know how they I don't
know how they did it I don't know how
they I was on the street they us to get
me on the street so somebody walked up
to you they said they were going to pay
you no they were driving ass they said
they were get going to pay to buy phone
pay $ to get a phone yeah you get no
problem
and who was that person I don't know I
just met
them how would they have got the phone
did you get a phone number for them what
no they they would they would meet me or
pick me up outside
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later no about the Florida's um address
what's that you don't have any address
in here in Florida no I'm my Myrtle
Beach address I have what is that so
for yeah I'm staying with my brother
Beach that's where my new address is I
just retired you know I didn't get my
money back for my cuz I was out of work
for two and a half years you know so I
had no money you
know we just forget about all this your
story is still a little confusing all
right I'll tell you whatever you want
I'm an honest guy I'll tell you whatever
you want to know you in the street
somebody just walked up to you said they
were going to pay you you gave them a
phone yeah they gave me I didn't know
who the person was I'm get the
phone the
name go ahead they give you no phone
number on how to reach
them no
no they said when you get phone we'll be
outside we'll be outside
waiting yes 104 it is does he have
anything
active no
we can forget about this whole thing I
never all right let's go back somebody
drove up to you in the street I was
walking they just passed me by they said
we have an ID we want you to upgrade get
somebody your phone and maybe a
PlayStation how am I going to do that I
can't do that you know we have the
ID they give you the person's name phone
number and everything yeah I don't know
that person so how are you supposed to
reach that person and give them back the
phone then when I came out they would be
in the par lot that's what they told me
so are they waiting on you now I hope
now I don't know now what does that
person look like um about
6'2 black don't short hair like crew cut
and he was wearing yellow sneakers
that's the one thing I know Black Milk
yeah haircut
dress you have TT yellow
to I'm not looking for
trouble you were born in New York yeah
so you retired down here yeah
y I don't have it coming to again I
promise yeah but I just you know I had a
whole L with um I had surgery
too this Rec I have to go back see this
I have a
hernia try to get some
money you ever get to touch me again
I'll hold you and I don't I don't care
on the nothing to him he's nothing to
me you have any family in the
area yeah I
do so my daughter was going to school
here for a while I was going to go visit
her too but well is one as my brothers
at mytle beach I stay with
him you know is that ver Beach Myrle mer
Beach actually North Myrtle
Beach yeah where I've been living
because I pay half the rent you know
when I can afford
it you on staying here for before you go
back on Monday night I I have to go for
the surgery okay so you leave I have to
have the
surgery I'm sorry I'm very sorry sorry
wasn't your stupid I should have never
tried to do it I know better I don't
even I wouldn't even J W all
right you tri to contact me you want me
to give you the phone number um I'm
actually phone
number that
person I got his phone number then what
the guy that the guy that St that drove
past was I don't know I think it was a
you have a phone number for him no he
was that's what I said how am I going he
said he meet me outside I said he gets
back T him say I'll get his pH this time
and give it
to you know what I'm saying I'm not
looking for trou and all this happened
today
down just waiting for the other officer
okay all right go ahead and tell me that
story one more time what happens what's
up tell me the story that you told her
about what happened I was walking down
the street here Y and um a wife I think
it was a Shabby pull up to me asked me
you know if I could could get um
PlayStation and a phone I said how could
I do that and he had an ID or something
from where's that Ide at I think they
have it okay
so so I don't know I just been sitting
here ever since okay so you came in and
you tried to open the account yeah okay
and you knew that wasn't your ID or
anything yeah okay all right I'll being
honest with you yeah stand up for me oh
come on man stand up for me get up for
me or I'm going to make you stand up
what happened you're going to jail why
stand up go jail get
up do you need the K to stand up yeah
you all right go ahead fine we put you
in the front but you're going to jail
tonight what I do let him stand up
first all right let me get the K let me
get
this I'm G to get the clerk and stuff
information you got them you can watch
them in my car
yeah
please let me get the keys
sir thank you
okay and then what
so this is good
okay this
going this way to the
right all the way down yeah
Step Up step down going the passenger
ccle step down over
here keep going
you have anything on you I got you hold
on do you have anything on you that's
going to hurt me f me first off where's
the James where's the fall seagull ID
that matches your James Kelly ID I gave
I told you you did not you did not you
did not you gave me a James Kelly ID you
okay search him because he has another
ID that matches that same
one face the car for me face the
car where is that ID that's the IDE
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I if you don't tell me where that idea
is I'm going to put hella charget on it
just so you know you're going to be
there for a while
where's that idea all the stuff I I gave
you whatever is in mycket in my pocket I
gave
you so you know huh still
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H yes that's the idea I need why why you
lying
why are you lying to me I didn't lie to
you you
D why would I lie to
[Applause]
you I'm
sorry
uh
idea or you going to do all this stuff
right here my um
I just got to get this hor to
bur you don't have anything else on you
do you you don't this by taking anything
into the gel that's going to be extra
charges correct don't
have verifying no drugs
nothing all right come this way for
me have a cigarette no
stand right
here tighter no I'm trying to turn them
so that way it's more comfortable
right I'm putting it back on your hands
this
way there you
go get in the back of the car for
me
that um it might be in his want it
the suspect was charged with attempted
grand theft and fraudulent use of
personal identification this case serves
as a reminder don't accept money from
strangers to make illegal purchases it's
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