Police: Man Steals Credit Card from Assisted Living Facility to Go on Shopping Spree

The Rhode Island State Police arrested Paul Zazzaro of Cranston last week for his alleged use of a woman’s stolen credit card to go on a shopping spree in Lincoln and Woonsocket.

Zazzaro, 44, of 44 Greene Ave., was caught on camera as he shopped at various stores with the card, which was stolen from the victim at The Lighthouse, an assisted living facility, in Lincoln on Aug. 5.

The state police posted pictures of Zazzaro on the Rhode Island Most Wanted website that showed him walking through The Lighthouse dressed in crisp dark slacks and a white collared shirt, and later, pushing a shopping cart loaded with an air conditioner out the door of one of numerous stores he shopped with the stolen card.

The state police arrested Zazzaro on Aug. 13 at his home. He was charged with four counts of felony credit card fraud, felony conspiracy, four misdemeanor counts of credit card fraud, and two warrants for credit card fraud out of the Pawtucket and Lincoln police departments.

Zazzaro is being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, the state prison — a familiar place for a man who uses the alias Tony Santos and Todd Sullo and has been arrested more than 100 times in Rhode Island since his first arrest 1996, also for credit card fraud.

Court records show Zazzao has been in and out of prison more than 20 times since 1996 on charges of fraud, domestic assault, breaking and entering, narcotics possession, larceny, shoplifting, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and scores of traffic offenses, among other charges.

Zazzaro is due to appear in Sixth Division District Court on Oct. 22 for a prearraignment disposition conference.