GRANTSVILLE MAN STEALS DEAD MAN'S CREDIT CARD - Todd Smith Held In Regional Jail |
| (11/07/2002) |
| Christopher Todd Smith, 31 of Grantsville has been charged with stealing a dead man's credit card after he died in a car crash on Route 47 near Leachtown, Wood County on October 30th. Smith apparently came upon the fatal crash of Randolph Fluharty, a resident of Mineral Wells, taking the man's credit card and using it the same day to purchase an ATV. Smith is being held in Central Regional Jail on $10,000 bond. charged with two felony counts of false pretenses and stealing another persons identity. Police say they found Smith because he forgot and gave a Grantsville address when making a purchase on the card. Smith used Fluharty's credit card through Mid-State Marina in Braxton County to purchase a 2002 Suzuki ATV, but he also attempted to make other purchases with the card. A Braxton County deputy sheriff contacted Sheriff Allen Parsons, who helped identify Smith.Charges have been brought in Braxton. |