> Police learned that the credit card used to buy the PlayStation
> was the one taken during the El Cajon Way robbery

Something is a little odd here. If this is the same credit card that was used to track down Holmes (the "snatcher"), then it would seem that the owner of the card did not call the credit card provider and report the cards as stolen immediately. If not, why not?

Or do the credit card people work with local police to effectively entrap holders of stolen credit cards by allowing them to make purchases that subsequently result in theft charges.

It would seem that a stolen credit card that has been canceled because of theft, would be valueless, and any attempts to purchase merchandise declined..thereby averting a crime, for both merchant and potential thief.

Anyone have any other information about what happens when a credit card is reported stolen to the card issuer?

I believe they shut down the card immediately. Maybe this wasn't done on purpose to see if they could be caught, or the cardholder forgot about this card. It'll be interesting to see if more info is made public. Sheesh, like a PlayStation is worth being arrested for? Such petty, nasty, stupid people. Perhaps they bought the card from the thief.

Police departments have been known to work with CC companies in order to help lure/snag CC thieves.

Great! I hpoe that police and credit card companies cooperate. Catch the crooks!

Entrapment??
Are you crazy?

Entrapment occurs when one commits a crime he would not have the usual propensity to commit. We are dealing with hardened criminals here.

Show us the mugshots!

I agree, we need to see pix of these folks. How sad that the accused are a father and daughter. I like the idea that we must cancel our stolen credit cards, not to protect our own accounts, but to prevent the criminals from performing these acts against their will.

Me n my father wat not involved in this some time police r the stupid ones I was accused but dis missed when they found out me or my father had nothing to do with this I am a perfect women when it comes to crimes this was my first n last time getting arrested and I'm a hard working women and my father is to we bought the ps3 off of the Craigslist and didn't know that it was stolen we can afford it but the ps3 because after the police took it we went and spent 500 on a brand new one we just bought it because it was Christmas and a gud deal so ppl dnt judge wat u do nit know n dnt believe everything u read
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And I wish they wood take this off of here it makes me look like something I'm not a criminal I never have and never will b a criminal I teach my son that jail is not a good place to go but they came to my house n arrested me in front of my son all for a crime I didn't do and I had to explain that to my 9yr old son I was embarrassed and I feel I have no freedom in life the police can do wat ever they want to u and its OK