Stolen Credit Card Used In Lincoln-Way Shopping Spree: Cops

FRANKFORT, IL — Investigators need help identifying a suspect accused of stealing a woman's credit card and going on a Lincoln-Way shopping spree along Route 30 last week, according to the Frankfort Police Department. Images of the alleged offender were taken from security camera video footage and released by police in an online alert Friday.

According to police, the man allegedly broke in to a vehicle Jan. 8 near LaGrange Road and Lincoln Highway and took a woman's purse that was inside. The man then is accused of driving a Dodge Caliber to a Speedway station near Wolf Road, 11151 W. Lincoln Hwy., where he used the victim's credit card to buy gas, police said.

Following the service station visit, the suspect is accused of going to the nearby Meijer in Mokena, 11305 W. Lincoln Hwy., and Walmart in New Lenox, 501 E. Lincoln Hwy., according to the online police alert. The items purchased with the stolen credit and their total cost were not released by police.

Details about the incident can and the online alert can be found on Frankfort police's Facebook page. Anyone with information about the suspect should contact Frankfort police by phone at 815-469-9435 or email at fpdinvestigations@frankfortpolice.net.

Frankfort police are asking for help identiying a man accused of using a stolen credit card to go on a Lincoln-Way shopping spree last week. (Images via Frankfort Police Department)