The Waterford Emergency Communication Center received a call from the manager of the Rite Aid located at 75 Boston Post Rd. in Waterford around 9:45 Saturday morning stating that an individual that had been in Thursday evening was back and attempting to use a fraudulent credit card.
Upon arrival the officers began to speak with the individual who immediately became argumentative and attempted to flee the store. Officers restrained the individual and placed him into custody. The individual gave the officers two false names and was later identified through his fingerprints as being Jordan Potts with a date of birth of 3/21/1994 from Brooklyn, New York.
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During the investigation it was learned that Potts is potentially using fraudulent credit cards to purchase Visa gift cards and then was cashing them in and wire transferring money to accounts in the amounts of $500 per transaction. The investigation is ongoing but as of this time the total amount was $7500.
$1,889 in cash was seized during the arrest along with several gift cards and fraudulent IDs. After positively identifying Potts it was learned that he had an active felony arrest warrant out of the state of New York for burglary. Potts was subsequently charged as being a fugitive from justice.
Potts was charged with Interfering With A Police Officer, Identity Theft 3rd Degree and Fugitive From Justice. Potts is being held on a $500,000 bond for the Fugitive From Justice Arrest and $50,000 on the original arrest. But authorities say the investigation is ongoing and more charges are expected.
