Restaurant Employee Charged With Credit Card Theft

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Fairfax City police arrested a 19-year-old restaurant employee last week after he allegedly stole cash and a credit card from a customer’s wallet.

Adam Nader Elhajj, 19, of 3603 McLean Ave., Fairfax, was taken into custody at his residence on the night of March 3, according to a police report. City police took him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where his bond was set at $5,000.

At 10:26 p.m. on March 3, the victim of the theft reported to police that earlier in the evening, she had inadvertently left her wallet behind at the Greene Turtle restaurant, at 3950 University Drive, the police report said. When she returned to retrieve it, an employee claimed he had already returned it to a person matching her description.

The wallet subsequently was found in the men’s bathroom with cash and a credit card missing, the police report said. After police investigaged, Elhajj was identified as the suspect and a warrant was obtained charging him with credit card theft.

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