Fast-Moving Franklin Lakes Police Arrest 2 In Supermarket Credit Card Fraud

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Quick-responding Franklin Lakes police grabbed two Brooklyn men moments after they said they tried to use a stolen credit card at a local supermarket.

David Noel, Wollens Francois
Photo Credit: *MUGSHOTS: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF*

Jerry DeMarco

02/18/2016 9:37 a.m.

Authorities said David Noel, 24, tried to use the card for a $3,000 purchase at the Super Stop and Shop on Franklin Avenue, was denied and ran out.

He was trying to hop into a car being driven through the lot by 22-year-old Wollens Francois when police pulled up just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. John Bakelaar said.

They stopped the vehicle on Franklin Avenue and chased down Noel on foot near Circle Avenue, he said.

Both were being held on $20,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail.

Noel was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card, false representation and resisting arrest.

Francois was charged with similar fraud counts and careless driving.

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