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Mar 10, 2016
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William B. Herd, 29, of Felton, Del. was identified and arrested on multiple charges in association with credit card fraud thanks to multiple Facebook users who assisted the Rehoboth Beach Police .
On Saturday, February 20th, 2016 the Rehoboth Beach Police Department took a report from a 65 year old victim stating that he believed his credit card had been stolen while eating at Salt Air Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach the prior evening between 8:00pm and 9:30pm. The victim reported that he realized the card was missing the next day at which time he contacted his credit card company. The credit card company informed him that since the time the card was stolen, purchases had been made at 5 separate locations in Delaware and attempted at a sixth. Purchases were made on Friday, February 19th, at the Camden Car Wash, the Camden Walmart, a Shore Stop in Felton, 7-Eleven in Rehoboth Beach, Jiffy Car Wash in Lewes, and a charge was unsuccessfully attempted at Milford Discount Liquors on Saturday, February 20th. The total amount of the purchases made was less than $100.00.
In cooperation with the investigation several of the businesses involved provided the investigator with video surveillance of the suspect and the suspect’s vehicle. On March 8th the Rehoboth Beach Police released still photos obtained from the surveillance footage to media outlets and on Facebook. Thanks to information provide to the department by multiple followers of the Rehoboth Beach Police Facebook page, Herd was identified as the suspect pictured in the photos. Herd turned himself into the Rehoboth Beach Police on March 9th a day after the photos were posted.
Herd was arrested and charged with 1 count of felony identity theft, 1 count of felony theft, and 6 counts of misdemeanor unlawful use of a payment card. Herd was arraigned out of the Justice of the Peace Court 2, issued an $11,000.00 unsecured bail and released.
The Rehoboth Beach Police would like to thank all the loyal Facebook followers, businesses, and media sources that assisted with this investigation. Additionally, we would like to thank the Delaware State Police Public Information Office for their efforts in publicizing our request for information on their social media outlets. If anyone would like to receive future investigative information request for local cases, crime incident updates, and general information on the daily operations of the Rehoboth Beach Police Department, they can like us Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rehobothbeachpolice.
Presented by Public Information Officer Lt. Jaime B. Riddle.
