A Texas man was arrested Friday in Fayetteville for attempting to purchase new service for 10 cellphone lines at two Best Buy stores with fraudulent information.
Chaddrick Tremaine Johnson, 27, of 309 Helmin No. 503 in Sulphur Springs, Texas, was arrested Friday in connection with 10 counts of financial identity fraud, possession of fraudulent identification, two counts of attempted forgery and obstructing governmental operations, according to a preliminary police report.
Police were called to Best Buy Mobile, 4201 N. Shiloh Drive, where staff told them a man dressed as a construction worker was attempting to purchase five 64GB iPhone 6 models with low-data plans, according to a preliminary arrest report. The man had earlier been at the Joyce Best Buy location for the same purchase.
Officers met with Johnson who was trying to purchase phones under the name Nicholas Ray Reakes at the Shiloh location, according to a preliminary arrest report. The description and expiration date did not match information in state databases when police checked the driver's license, according to the report. A Texas identification card the man had used at the Joyce store showed in the database to be issued to a black man who was 6-feet 3-inches tall, where the man in the store was 5-feet 7-inches tall.
Johnson told police his name during questioning, according to the report.
Rogers police logs indicate theft was reported at 3:38 p.m. Friday from Best Buy, 2200 S. Promenade Blvd. Store staff told police Chaddrick Johnson, who had been jailed by Fayetteville police, purchased several phones valued at $900 as Daniel Milligan on Thursday.
Johnson was being held Sunday in the Washington County Detention Center on a $5,000 bond.
NW News on 07/27/2015