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Three students arrested for credit card charges
Matt Hopf/City Editor
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: News
Three Eastern students were arrested on Coles County warrants on the charge of an unlawful use of a credit card.
Gregory D. Taylor, 18, of Champaign; Russell M. Harty, 19, of Chicago; and Robert G. Bennett, 19, of Chicago, were arrested after an investigation began in October 2007.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department arrested non-student Deanse P. Means, 21, of Chicago, on a Coles County warrant for the same offense.
University Police Detective Kent Martin said all charges were connected to the same incident.
While Taylor was arrested on March 22, UPD did not release information, because the investigation was active, Martin said.
Harty was arrested on Tuesday and Bennett on Wednesday.
All suspects were released on bond pending appearances in Coles County Circuit Court.
First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust posted notices around campus and on their ATMs warning customers to not give away their PIN number.
The notices also reminded customers to not lend their debit card to anyone.
Matt Hopf can be reached at 581-7942 or at mthopf@eiu.edu.
Gregory D. Taylor, 18, of Champaign; Russell M. Harty, 19, of Chicago; and Robert G. Bennett, 19, of Chicago, were arrested after an investigation began in October 2007.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department arrested non-student Deanse P. Means, 21, of Chicago, on a Coles County warrant for the same offense.
University Police Detective Kent Martin said all charges were connected to the same incident.
While Taylor was arrested on March 22, UPD did not release information, because the investigation was active, Martin said.
Harty was arrested on Tuesday and Bennett on Wednesday.
All suspects were released on bond pending appearances in Coles County Circuit Court.
First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust posted notices around campus and on their ATMs warning customers to not give away their PIN number.
The notices also reminded customers to not lend their debit card to anyone.
Matt Hopf can be reached at 581-7942 or at mthopf@eiu.edu.
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