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Police: Teen Stole Credit Card from All Saints Church Parking Lot

Manassas Police said the suspect used the stolen card at Manassas Mall.

By Jamie M. Rogers
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February 18, 2013

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A Manassas man stole a credit card from a car parked in a church parking lot, then used the card to make purchases at a local mall, according to the Manassas Police Department.

Vicente Medina, 18, is charged with credit card theft, forgery and fraud in connection with the incident.

It happened Feb. 10 at the All Saints Church on Stonewall Road in Manassas, when someone went inside an unlocked car in the church parking lot and took the card, Manassas Police reports show.

Financial records show the card was used later that day at Manassas Mall, which led to police identifying the suspect and a juvenile.

Medina remains in custody at the Adult Detention Center awaiting a court hearing March 20.

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Wayne

6:54 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I place a message on the back of my cards where the signature goes "Ask for ID please." I bet only about one in 50 businesses ask for this. If the business trained its employees better we'd see less of these issues.

Jamie M. Rogers

3:37 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Good point, Wayne!

Jen

3:32 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013

Actually both Visa and MasterCard PROHIBIT merchants from requiring customer ID as a condition for accepting their credit or debit cards. All you need is a signed card. Alot of businesses train their employees NOT to accept cards that have "ASK FOR ID" as this is not a valid signature. A VISA or Mastercard that is not signed is not considered valid and is not to be accepted per VISA and Mastercard guidelines. I think it is wrong of you to quickly blame this on employees if you don't understand the guidelines and regulations yourself.

Amy W.

8:43 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Last week I found a credit card outside of Bull Run Unitarian Universalist church off Church and Main, I immediately called the 800 number on the card and let them know so that they could cancel the card before it got into the wrong hands.

Jamie M. Rogers

3:37 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I'm sure the owner of the card was super grateful.

Brad L

11:14 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Manassas and PWC are suffering an invasion of illegals. Oh wait, we can't call them illegal (even though they are) because it's insensitive. Give me a break.