Who can ID a Texas license plate for me? (Theft over $5000)

[SMKR]

Any of our gurus here able to get me the owners info of a car based on the license plate?

Long story short someone stole one of our corporate fuel cards and has bought about $5500 worth of gas lately. based on his days/times of purchases I've been staking out a local gas station he frequents. Well, he just used the card and I snapped some pics of the car/license plate # and when he saw what I was doing he sped off. I'm about to call the police and file a report. Any info that can tell me the car owner's info is appreciated - Thanks in advance.

[Hmbre97]

Sooooo, at what point do you cancel the card? Seems that would have been the best thing to do from the beginning...

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Posting the LP would be a good start.

[Chili]

$5k in fuel, even at current prices, is a shit-ton! As others have said, why would you not have cancelled the card??

[SMKR]

Thanks, but the police have taken info, evidence, filed a report and said the detective would be in touch. They gave me his name from the license plate and I positively identified him from a previous mug shot. He said it depends on what the DA wants to do but he could face up to 71 felony counts.

I didn't turn the card off in the last 36 hours because if I did and didn't catch him, I wouldn't know if it was him (an ex employee) or a current employee, current employees spouse, etc. I'd never know and felt like that was letting them get away with a crap ton do stolen gas,

[Chili]

Thanks, but the police have taken info, evidence, filed a report and said the detective would be in touch. They gave me his name from the license plate and I positively identified him from a previous mug shot. He said it depends on what the DA wants to do but he could face up to 71 felony counts.

I didn't turn the card off in the last 36 hours because if I did and didn't catch him, I wouldn't know if it was him (an ex employee) or a current employee, current employees spouse, etc. I'd never know and felt like that was letting them get away with a crap ton do stolen gas,

So how long did it take them to accrue that much?

[SMKR]

So how long did it take them to accrue that much?

8 months

[inline 6]

8 months

And how long before you figured out wtf was going on? I take it you guys buy shit tons of gas and big bills for fuel are not unusual...?

[quikag]

Haha, had a guy we fired who told his supervisor he had lost his gas card. Between that time and me cutting his card the next morning, he had charged $250 worth of fuel. I called and told him to cut us a check for $250 by the next day or we were pressing charges. He said it wasn't him and I told him I know the store manager and had video. It was BS, but he dropped off the bank check later that day. F' in thief.

[jefehbk]

Maybe by letting this person to continue to use the card a bigger charge can be brought against them. I know our L.P. people sometimes will allow organize criminals to continue stealing from stores mount a bigger felony charge then just simple theft at local level. The idea being let them steal enough for a felony charge vs misdemeanor,

[Trip McNeely]

EIGHT MONTHS?! Is he the Invisible Man?

[jewozzy]

EIGHT MONTHS?! Is he the Invisible Man?

lol