West Allis police: Tip leads to arrest of suspect in case involving girl's stolen library card; he has not been located
CUDAHY -- West Allis police said Thursday, May 3 an arrest has been made in a case involving a girl's stolen library card. His name hasn't been released because he has not been charged. Police said a tip helped lead to the arrest -- and the tipster said they saw the surveillance photos on FOX6 News.
Cudahy police said April 30 they were able to identify a suspect, but he hadn't been located.
FOX6 News first told you about the search for a man using a little girl's library card on April 17. As of April 23, the family continued to receive hefty fines.
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Sha'kiya Hanson
The family said they can't believe what kind of damage a library card has done -- left with fees they don't feel they should have to pay.
It all began when Sha'kiya Hanson went to the West Allis Public Library for books.
"It's all just crazy. I went back to look for it and it was gone," said Hanson, of her library card.
Soon, she reported her missing library card to authorities. Police said a man was spotted using it multiple times at several locations.
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West Allis Public Library
"He doesn't look like the kind of person who would do this," said Hanson.
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Police said the suspect used it in Cudahy to rent a thriller movie series totaling $250. In West Allis, he checked out a slew of books and movies, leaving the family with overdue fees. The bill from the West Allis Public Library alone is $475.90. They received pages of overdue notices from the library, and the family said library officials said they wouldn't relieve the fees until they filed a police report with West Allis PD, which they did.
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On April 27, we learned the West Allis Public Library removed all charges associated with the stolen card -- after the official police report was filed.
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