Searching for credit card fraud suspect

HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- Police are searching for the suspect who allegedly stole a purse out of a car in Hamden.

Hamden Police responded to a Santa Fe Avenue address for the report of larceny from a motor vehicle.

The suspect stole the residents purse which had several credit cards.

According to police the credit cards were being used at a Sunoco Gas Station on Frontage Road in East Haven.

Surveillance photos depicts the suspect as a white male with a beard, wearing a black hooded sweatshirts with the letters C.O.D imprinted on it.

According to police the suspect was seen exiting a black Infiniti SUV FX35 with possibly a Virginia or Massachusetts license plate.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Joseph Liguori at (203) 230-4030.