Fugitive Nabbed After Using A Store Rewards Card In Florida
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KEY WEST (CBSMiami/AP) — Fugitives may always be looking over their shoulder but sometimes the simplest things put them back behind bars.
Key West police detectives nabbed a man wanted in Georgia for an assortment of violent crimes, including felony strangulation and aggravated assault with a weapon — after he used a store rewards card, which tipped authorities off to his whereabouts.
The Keynoter reports Cobb County Sheriff's officials contacted Key West police Thursday saying 37-year-old Jamaal Seymour was possibly in Key West and was wanted on a number of counts.
Shortly after, Seymour used his rewards card at a CVS pharmacy. Card holders can earn benefits like coupons.
Detectives spotted Seymour that night and approached him.
Police said the man took off running, but they caught him a short time later.
He was booked locally for resisting arrest, giving false ID to an officer and being a fugitive.
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