{"id":277974,"date":"2010-02-04T14:32:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T19:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01287763adea970c"},"modified":"2010-02-04T18:08:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T23:08:48","slug":"l-a-police-seek-man-who-used-stolen-credit-card-to-fill-his-suv-with-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/277974","title":{"rendered":"L.A. police seek man who used stolen credit card to fill his SUV with gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Suspect\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a862be62970b \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a862be62970b-120wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\"><\/img><br \/>\nA man wanted for breaking into a car in downtown Los Angeles and using a stolen credit card to fill up his SUV with about $70 in gas was captured on film, and investigators hope the photo will help them nab him.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe credit card\u2019s owner parked her car on the street in the 400 block of North Figueroa Street about 7 a.m. on Jan. 25, said Los Angeles Police Lt. Paul Vernon. About five hours later, she discovered her window smashed and the purse gone from the trunk.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis woman put her purse in the trunk, but more often drivers tend to leave things exposed in the passenger compartment,\u201d Vernon said. <\/p>\n<p>The truck is a raised, white, early \u201890s Suburban or Yukon SUV. The driver used the stolen credit card to purchase gasoline at a Shell gas station in Highland Park, Vernon said. The card owner\u2019s bank alerted her to the purchase after the purse was reported stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\n The man is described as an 18- to 25-year-old Latino of medium height and weight. Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Mike Ceja at (213) 972-1240, or (800) 222-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Richard Winton<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: LAPD<\/em> <br \/><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man wanted for breaking into a car in downtown Los Angeles and using a stolen credit card to fill up his SUV with about $70 in gas was captured on film, and investigators hope the photo will help them nab him. The credit card\u2019s owner parked her car on the street in the 400 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}