Police are looking for a man seen wearing Grinch pajamas as he used a debit card stolen from a parking complex in Stoughton, Massachusetts, at a CVS, officials said Tuesday.
The man, identified as Elvis Andrade, is suspected of several vehicle break-ins in Stoughton, as well as one in Avon, according to Stoughton police. They said the 32-year-old from Brockton is wanted on five active arrest warrants.
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On Tuesday, Stoughton police obtained one arrest warrant on charges including eight counts of breaking and entering a vehicle and five counts of larceny, officials said.
The Grinch incident was reported Dec. 4, when a person reported their car, parked at their apartment complex, was broken into and that their wallet was stolen, police said. A debit card inside was used at a CVS, and investigators obtained footage of a man who used the stolen debit card wearing Grinch pajamas.
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Investigators also found that the man was the same person who'd broken into a vehicle and used a stolen credit card at a Walmart in Avon, according to police.
Through further investigation, police found the same person was involved in vehicle thefts and break-ins on Dec. 1, 4, 9 and 11, according to officials. And they identified im as Andrade on Dec. 13.
Anyone with information about where Andrade is was asked to call police at 781-344-2424.