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| Man Used Prison Credit Card to Call Sex Lines |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/23/2002 |
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A Virginia man who used stolen credit card numbers from a state prison and other businesses to call a phone sex hotline pleaded guilty to felony theft and fraud charges. As part of a plea agreement, Shaun Allen Wetzel, 18, of Craigsville, received five years probation in Augusta County Circuit Court. Prosecutors said Wetzel placed $643 worth of calls to the sex hotline in September using credit card numbers he found in a Rolodex at the auto parts store where he worked. Some of the calls were made from the store. Authorities at the Augusta Correctional Center contacted police after noticing $200 in charges to a 900-number on its phone bill. The prison was a client of the auto parts store, prosecutors said. |
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