Alleged credit cards thefts focus of Conn. trial

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Philadelphia man is on trial in federal court on charges he stole credit cards from women's purses he targeted while crawling along floors of movie theaters in Fairfield County.

The Connecticut Post reports that a woman who claims she was an accomplice said Anthony Johnson would use the credit cards to spend as much as $70,000 on weekend shopping sprees.

Jamie Lynn McGowan testified on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford that Johnson grabbed credit cards and driver's license and stored the ZIP codes in her cellphone.

Johnson faces eight charges of unauthorized use of credit cards and two charges of aggravated identity theft.

McGowan and Lashirelle Bryant, another alleged accomplice, have pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of a credit card and identity theft.

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Information from: Connecticut Post