Baytown Police Looking For Suspect Using Credit Card Skimmer At ATMs

Style Magazine Newswire | 1/31/2017, 2:15 p.m.
Police are looking for a man who allegedly used a "skimmer" at a bank in Baytown.

BAYTOWN, Texas - Police are looking for a man who allegedly used a "skimmer" at a bank in Baytown.

Around 10:30 a.m. on January 21, 2017, officers were called to investigate suspicious activity at the Texas Citizens Bank at 507 W Baker Road.

When officers arrived at the bank, they discovered a credit card skimmer had been placed on the ATM machine in the drive through window of the bank.

Police said a "skimmer" is a device designed to steal credit card information from an ATM.

On surveillance footage, the suspect can be seen installing the skimmer four hours earlier, around 6:30 a.m. the same day.

The suspect can be seen here on surveillance footage.   (Photo: Baytown Police)

The suspect can be seen here on surveillance footage. (Photo: Baytown Police)

Officers are currently looking for the suspect, a young Hispanic or black man who was driving a white minivan at the time. A second male suspect could be seen in the surveillance video in the passenger seat of the vehicle.

Officers described the vehicle as what appeared to be a white 1998-1999 Chrysler Town and Country van that was missing the front left hub cap.

The suspect was wearing a New Era Space Jam Bugs Bunny hat at the time, officers said.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the Baytown Police Department at 281-422-8371 or Baytown Crime Stoppers at 281-427-8477.

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