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UPDATE July 29
On July 29 in the afternoon, a man contacted police after seeing the pictures on a local TV station and recognizing himself. He was later arrested without incident at his Pleasant Street residence and brought back to police headquarters where he was interviewed.
The 56-year-old Dartmouth man was released from custody. He will appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on September 8 to face charges of theft under $5,000 and theft of credit card.
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Halifax Regional Police is requesting the public’s assistance to help identify a man who used a stolen debit card.
On May 25, a man called police to report that he had been a victim of a debit card fraud. The man was using his debit card in a drive-through ATM machine at a bank in the 300 block of Pleasant Street in Dartmouth when the machine appeared to take his card. He entered the bank to seek assistance from a bank employee and when he returned to the machine, he discovered his card was missing and an undisclosed amount of money had been withdrawn from his account without his consent.
Police are releasing pictures of a man who used the stolen debit card. He is described as a lightly tanned white man in his fifties with grey thinning hair and grey eyebrows. The suspect was wearing white sneakers, blue jeans and a black coat with a black body and grey sleeves.
If you have information about this incident or the identity of this man, please call police at 902-490-5016. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or texting a tip - Tip 202 + your message to 274637.