A Palm Beach County cardholder reported seven unauthorized purchases totaling $696.13 even though he still had his original Barclays Mastercard.
Investigators collected store receipts and surveillance images, then circulated a bulletin that caught the attention of a detective from another police department.
Reginald Julien, 33, was arrested November 3, 2026, in an investigation detailed by CBS12.
Palm Beach County court records list ten counts against him, including four felony allegations involving credit cards and personal identification information and six misdemeanor petit-theft counts.
Seven Store Purchases Added Up to $696.13
The affidavit’s itemized list identifies four August 11 purchases: $64.99 at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Boynton Beach, $106.54 at Kohl’s in Boynton Beach, $88.84 at Walmart in Lake Worth and $116.82 at Publix in Greenacres. Those purchases totaled $377.19, according to the detective’s account.
Three more charges appeared August 27: $112.91 at Kohl’s in Royal Palm Beach, $117.53 at Publix in Lake Worth and $88.50 at Walmart in Greenacres. Together, those transactions totaled $318.94, bringing the two-day figure to $696.13.
After reporting the charges on September 15, the cardholder told detectives during a September 21 interview that he still possessed his original Mastercard and had received a replacement that was not yet activated. Detectives sought account records from Barclays, and the October 1 affidavit recorded the subpoena response as pending.
A Davie Detective Recognized the Man in a Police Bulletin
Investigators obtained surveillance from Dick’s Sporting Goods and photographs from Walmart, then received additional video from Kohl’s and Publix. At Walmart, Detective Dara O’Connor reported seeing the man use a light-blue or gray Mastercard at self-checkout, although deputies initially had photographs rather than an exportable copy of that store’s footage.
The probable-cause affidavit says the man appeared in a hat during the recorded purchases and seemed to conceal his face from cameras. Deputies used the collected still images to distribute a Need to Identify bulletin to other investigators.
On September 30, Davie Police Detective Clint Burns identified the person pictured in the bulletin as Julien. Burns reported having encountered Julien during a separate 2025 fraud investigation.
Court Lists Ten Counts and Sets Bonds at First Appearance
Detective Dara O’Connor’s October 1 narrative recommended two fraudulent-credit-card-use counts, two identifying-information counts and five petit-theft counts. However, the charge table in that same affidavit lists six petit-theft counts. The November 4 court event form also lists six, bringing the total to ten.
At Julien’s November 4 first appearance before Judge Donald W. Hafele, the November 4 court event form recorded bond of $5,000 on each of the four felony counts and $1,000 on each of the six misdemeanor counts. The judge also ordered no contact with the cardholder, and the clerk scheduled a 30-day return hearing for December 3 at 10:30 a.m. and an initial case conference for December 31 at 8:30 a.m.
Florida Statute 817.61 governs fraudulent credit-card use, while Section 817.568 covers criminal misuse of personal identifying information.
What to Do When a Card Is Still in Your Possession but Purchases Appear
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau advises credit-card holders to contact their card issuer promptly about charges they do not recognize. To preserve federal billing-dispute protections, consumers should also submit written notice to the issuer’s designated billing-inquiries address within 60 calendar days after the first statement containing the charge was sent.
Keeping the relevant statements, a copy of the dispute and records of communications helps document the issue. Consumers can also ask their issuer to replace the card and examine other recent account activity even when the physical card was never missing.