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Stolen Credit Card Used To Buy Gift Cards In Suffolk: Police

The card was reported stolen on Jan. 26, Suffolk police said.

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Suffolk police are searching for this suspect in connection with the use of a stolen credit.
Suffolk police are searching for this suspect in connection with the use of a stolen credit. (Suffolk County Police Department )

STONY BROOK, NY — A woman used a stolen credit card at a Stony Brook store back in January, Suffolk police said Tuesday.

Another woman reported her credit card was stolen on Jan. 26 while at a Stony Brook Road medical practice, police said, adding that the card was then used nearby a short time later to purchase gift cards from Duane Reade on Stony Brook Road in Stony Brook.

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Suffolk police are looking for this suspect they say can be seen in video wearing a what appears to be a mauve colored hoodie. / SCPD
In an image pulled from surveillance video, a person can be seen wearing what appears to be a mauve colored hoodie.

Further details were not available from police.

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