Crime & Safety
Pizza Delivery Charge Helps To Catch Gloucester Co. Thief, Police Say
The incident started with a theft in a public gym's locker room last month, police said.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ — Pizza helped catch a thief in Gloucester County, according to the Washington Township Police Department.
A theft occurred within the locker room at Esporta Gym last month, police said.
Credit cards stolen during the theft were later used to make "several fraudulent charges" for items at the local Walmart and for delivery from Nick's Pizza, according to police.
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Officials learned who ordered the delivered pizza, police said, and it turns out, that this same person had visited the Esporta Gym the day the theft occurred, according to police.
The person who visited the gym and ordered the pizza delivery — whose name was not released — was subsequently charged, police said.
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