Sussex Man Uses Missing Credit Card, Spends $600, Complaint Says

A 31-year-old Sussex man rang up more than $600 in purchases using a credit card that was lost by a Sussex woman at a gas station, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Waukesha County Circuit Court.

Brandon J. Snyder is charged with identity theft and misdemeanor theft. If convicted, he faces up to three years and nine months initial confinement in prison and $20,000 in fines. Snyder is scheduled to appear in court May 20.

The Sussex woman contact deputies with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department after she dropped her wallet at Kwik Trip, W29N2086 Redford Boulevard, City of Pewaukee. She had been pumping gas on Nov. 22 at the gas station. When she returned two days later, the wallet was not found, according to the criminal complaint.

The woman reported three charges on her credit card on Nov. 22:

• Kwik Trip in City of Pewaukee, $62.03
• A Mobile gas station in Sussex, $43.51
• Walmart in Germantown, $525.85

The missing wallet also contained her driver’s license, multiple store credit cards, pictures and $100.

A Kwik Trip employee provided investigators with surveillance footage, linking Snyder’s vehicle to the credit card purchase, according to the complaint.

Snyder was interviewed by a detective on Jan. 9. Snyder told the detective he saw a wallet on the ground at the gas station, took out a credit card and threw the rest of the wallet in the trash, according to the criminal complaint.

Snyder admitted to making the three purchases. He told police he sold a TV and a video game system he purchased from Walmart on Craigslist.