JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - In a story May 28 about a traffic stop that resulted in arrests on charges of credit card theft, The Associated Press erroneously reported where the stop occurred. It was near the Holland Tunnel, not the Lincoln Tunnel.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Men used stolen credit cards to buy merchandise
4 New York City men face credit card theft charges following traffic stop in New Jersey
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Four New York City men face credit card theft charges in New Jersey after authorities found thousands of dollars in merchandise in their car during a traffic stop near the Holland Tunnel.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Authority Spokeswoman Erica Dumas says the arrests came Tuesday, when a Port Authority police officer stopped the car because its license plate couldn’t be read.
The officer noticed one of the men kicking a bag under a seat, and asked what was in it. He eventually discovered the men had computer equipment, store gift cards and other merchandise apparently bought at a Jersey City department store with 11 stolen credit cards.
The four men, all from Brooklyn, were charged with credit card theft and fraudulent use of a credit card.
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