CAMP VERDE, AZ (AZFamily) — Two people from Phoenix are accused in a multi-state fraud scheme that involved a Tractor Supply Co. store in Camp Verde.
The Camp Verde Marshal’s Office said a man and woman used another person’s information to get a Tractor Supply credit account and buy a $4,200 Toro zero-turn mower on Aug. 10. They also allegedly rented a trailer to transport the mower and did not return it.
Investigators looked at surveillance footage and saw the suspects leaving in a dark-colored Jeep Wagoneer that was towing the rental trailer, the marshal’s office said.
Authorities used automated license plate readers to find the Jeep headed south on Interstate 17. They ran the plate of the Jeep, which was rented, and identified the suspects as Christerful Ray Bryant Jr., 36, and Fatuma Salim, 30, both of Phoenix.
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