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SALT LAKE CITY — A nationwide-crime spree has ended in Utah. Thursday, the five people believed to be behind the crimes were booked into the Salt Lake County jail.
Salt Lake City police made the arrest on Wednesday night after a woman realized her wallet had been stolen while at the TJ Maxx store in Cottonwood Heights.
"She contacted her bank and was able to learn that the suspects who had stolen her wallet had just used her stolen credit card at the nearby target," said Cottonwood Heights Police Sgt. Gary Young.
She learned the card had been used at two local Target stores with purchases of $7,000.
Police said the thieves started the crime spree in Miami and have been making their way across the country.
They face various accounts of credit card theft and fraud.