Technician Swipes Credit Card Info, Buys Motorcycle Parts, Police Say

A 21-year-old Coatesville man was charged with theft on Thursday after, Lower Merion police say, he stole the credit card information of a Gladwyne customer and used it to order almost $200 worth of motorcycle parts.

On Feb. 13, a woman visited her son's Waverly Road home to pay for work Horizon Services—a plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning repair firm that services the tri-state area—was performing on the house. According to court documents, the woman paid the technician, the eventual defendant, with her credit card.

The Horizon charge was for $692, but a day after the work was completed, the woman noticed an additional charge she did not authorize on her card for $194.85, police say. The purchase was made at G2 Ergonomics, a motorcycle supply company in Illinois.

Police retrieved the order information from G2 and, according to court documents, tracked the purchase back to the defendant.

The defendant agreed to come to Lower Merion police headquarters to be interviewed and admitted to using the victim's information to order motorcycle parts, police say.

He was charged with three counts of theft and faces preliminary hearing on Thursday.