Police: Woman Attempts to Buy $3,000 Purse with Fake Credit Card

Police arrested a 27-year-old Brooklyn woman Saturday after she allegedly attempted to purchase a designer purse with a fraudulent credit card in The mall at Short Hills, Millburn police said. 

According to Capt. Michael Palardy, Starlett Davis was arrested on May 11 on fraud charges at about 2 p.m.

Davis attempted to buy a Yves Saint Laurent Bo Sac De Jour purse, valued at $3,156.50, from Nordstrom with a Bank of America card containing a different name, police said. 

Davis showed the assistant manager a Florida driver's license with Davis's photo but with a different name and information matching the credit card, police said. 

The store's assistant manager told police, she allowed Davis to purchase the purse and sign the receipt with the name on the credit card, after Nordstrom's bank told her the card was fraudulent.

According to the report, following the purchase, Millburn police were called and Davis admitted to making the fraudulent purchases. 

Police searched Davis and found four more fraudulent credit cards, seven gift cards and a piece of paper with a bank account and routing number written on it. 

Davis was released with a court date of May 22 at the Essex County Court in Newark.