
A man was taken into custody and remains there after he was alleged to have used a stolen credit card to pay for a skydive session this past Friday and was booked by Polk County Police, reports stated.
Davonta Rasheed Reid, 26, of an Ellenwood, Georgia, address, was arrested by police on Friday around 2 p.m. after officers received a report from Skydive the Farm’s owner Hans Paulsen that someone had used a stolen credit card to pay for a skydive session.
Per the report, Paulsen told police that this was a scam going around other skydiving companies in North Georgia, where a card is used to book a session and it turns out to be stolen, leaving the business on the hook for thousands in lost revenue from people who are essentially getting to jump for free.
Reid first claimed he was “unaware who the card belonged to” and had booked the session after he “went online and paid someone to use a credit card.”
The report added that Reid was also wearing skydive goggles that can only be purchased at Skydive the Farm prior to a jump, proving he had been a guest at the facility before.
Reid then changed his story when Paulsen produced a copy of the receipt for the jump. Allegedly, Reid had booked the skydive session through a third party at a half-off rate, and “whoever he purchased this Skydive through paid the remaining balance.”
The actual retail price of the jump: $908.60.
Reid was unable to explain when confronted with the receipt why he had signed the name of another person on the paper copy.
Police took him into custody without further incident.
Paulsen told police during the incident that fraudulent charges have been happening and cost him “thousands of dollars” at his business. He added that others have suffered teh same fate around the region due to fraudulent credit card use.
Reid remained in the Polk County Jail as of this posting with a $3,000 bond set for the single felony charge.
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