Crime

Rock Hill Police use Facebook to find ATM cash thief

By staff reports
Rock Hill Police posted this photo on their Facebook page in hopes to identify the man accused of stealing $230 from another Wells Fargo customer. Anonymous tipsters identified the suspect as Edward Alan Hanson.
Rock Hill Police posted this photo on their Facebook page in hopes to identify the man accused of stealing $230 from another Wells Fargo customer. Anonymous tipsters identified the suspect as Edward Alan Hanson. Rock Hill Police

Rock Hill Police used Facebook to track down a man accused of using a woman’s debit card, draining her account.

The woman deposited $60 last week in the ATM at Bi-Lo on East Main Street. But she accidentally left her card in the machine.

The next day, she remembered leaving the card behind. She went to Wells Fargo and discovered her account was in the negative after someone made a $230 withdrawal, according to a Rock Hill Police report.

The $230 withdrawal was captured on surveillance video, so police posted photos on the department’s Facebook page.

Detectives received several anonymous tips to identify Edward Alan Hanson, 25, of Rock Hill as the suspect.

Hanson was arrested on Thursday and charged with financial credit card fraud, the report states.

This story was originally published April 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Rock Hill Police use Facebook to find ATM cash thief."

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