A man is charged for his role in the theft of 22 individual identities across the metro area over the past four months.
Washington County prosecutors say 26-year-old Damien Alexander McVay was one of two individuals that broke into cars at country clubs, fitness centers and other places where victims were more likely to leave purses and wallets in their vehicles. Investigators say they used a tool known as a ‘window punch’ to quickly and quietly break a window on the vehicle, then steal a wallet or purse and immediately use the credit cards inside before the owner could cancel them.
Prosecutors maintain McVay and his associate did this on at least 22 occasions.
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Police used surveillance video to identify the two suspects, who targeted victims in Washington, Ramsey and Hennepin Counties.
“This is the type of organized criminal activity that too often misses the attention of the public,” Orput said in a released statement. “Identity Theft however, is a pernicious and time consuming crime for the victim, as well as society as a whole. This office is committed to taking a hard line on cases such as this in hopes that this type of crime is deterred.”
