On Monday 04-07-2014 a township resident filed a police report with the
Springfield Police Department reporting the theft and fraudulent use of a
bank debit card. The homeowner reported that on Friday 04-04-2014 a
delivery of pizzas was made to the victim's home in Springfield from a
pizza restaurant located in Union NJ. The delivery was paid for by the use
of the debit card. Unknown to the homeowner at the time, the pizza delivery
person had failed to return the debit card.

Officer Jose Agrelo took a report from the victim who became aware of the
theft of the card after an unauthorized charge appeared on the cardholders
bank statement. Officer Agrelo was able to determine that the fraudulent
charge, in the amount of $591 was made at the Sam Ash Music Store located
on Route 22 East in Springfield on 04-04-2014 at 7:54 pm which was shortly
after the pizzas had been delivered to the house in Springfield.

The case was turned over to Detective James Mirabile who verified the fraud
use of the debit card at the music store in Springfield. It was noted that atop
the store receipt for the transaction was the written name "Andrew Melo" and
this was explained as the store has a discount rewards type policy for repeat
customers and when the repeat customer takes advantage of this and gives
their name it is written on the receipt so they receive credit for the purchase.
In this case an individual using a stolen debit card actually gave their true name
to tally up credit for a $591 purchase they made fraudulently.

Upon contacting the pizza restaurant it was verified that Andrew Melo, age 19
of Elizabeth NJ, was the employee who had made the delivery to the house in
Springfield shortly after 7:00 pm on 04-04-2014.

Melo was contacted by police and came to Springfield PD where he returned the
merchandise he had fraudulently purchased with the debit card that he failed to
return on 04-04-2014. After consultation with the Union County Prosecutor's
Office, Springfield Police arrested and charged Melo on 04-10-2014 with Theft
of Movable Property (for knowingly retaining possession of a debit card) as well
as Theft by Deception (for his subsequent fraudulent use of the card). He was
released on a complaint summons and he has an initial court appear set in the
Springfield Municipal Court on Monday 05-12-2014.