Pair arrested after 60+ credit cards found

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Pender deputies arrest a pair they say after deputies found them with more than 60 credit cards.

Deputies say Alicia Brown and Sadonte McNeil are facing numerous counts related to identity theft and were placed in jail under a $50,000 secured bond.

Deputies say they were stopped after attempting to commit a fraud at a Lowes Foods in Hampstead; they say the pair committed a fraud at another location earlier in the day and the staff was alerted to keep a watch out for the female suspect. When she was spotted, deputies say a manager called them.

Deputies say when they pulled over the pair, fraudulent credit cards were found along with property that was stolen by fraudulent use of a credit card at the Leland Lowes Foods earlier in the day.