Westlake woman's credit card stolen, $12,000 charged to it

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Ileana Garcia looks in her wallet for credit cards she wants to melt over a hot plate as she tries to dig herself out of credit card debt during a sermon by Kevin Cross about faith-based financial management at the Miami Vineyard Community…
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Posted: 07/04/2012

WESTLAKE, Ohio - A Westlake woman has a huge credit card bill, but she didn't ring it up.

The woman's Discover card was stolen from her van while it was parked outside the Westlake Rec Center.

Police said later that day the thief charged $12,000 to the stolen card at the Best Buy in Avon and the Apple store in Westlake.

Authorities are looking for the thief, but said at this point no one has been caught in connection to the crime.

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