{"id":126864,"date":"2026-01-21T20:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126864\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:38:11","slug":"stolen-vehicle-investigation-ties-suspect-to-credit-card-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126864\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Vehicle Investigation Ties Suspect to Credit Card Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764950231_728_News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On December 9, 2025, the Cape Coral Police Department responded to a report of a stolen blue 2015 Dodge Challenger from a residence near NE 14th Avenue in Cape Coral. The vehicle was reported stolen after the owner confirmed no one had permission to use it.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, the vehicle was located in Fort Myers, where officers observed suspect Blake Riollano (DOB 07\/13\/2006) driving it with a passenger. Both fled on foot after abandoning the vehicle but were quickly detained. Identification and personal property belonging to Riollano were located inside the stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral Police Property Crimes Detectives interviewed the passenger, who said that Riollano picked him up around 3 a.m. in the stolen vehicle, told him the vehicle was stolen, and drove around Pine Island and Cape Coral before being arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Probable cause was established for the arrest of Blake Riollano for the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle, F.S.S. 812.014(2)(c)(6), Third Degree Felony<\/p>\n<p>During the follow-up investigation, the vehicle owner reported an attempted charge of $299.17 on a credit card left inside the stolen vehicle at a grocery store in Bokeelia on December 9, 2025. Store personnel verified the declined transaction and provided surveillance video showing two males attempting to purchase groceries.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives obtained video and still images from the store and later met with the other known male in the video, who identified himself and Riollano in the footage.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the investigation, detectives established probable cause for additional charges against Riollano. On January 20, 2026, he was arrested and charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card, F.S.S. 817.61, Third Degree Felony<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Criminal Use of Personal Identification Information, F.S.S. 817.568(2)(a), Third Degree Felony<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NR-Mugshot-Template-42.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On December 9, 2025, the Cape Coral Police Department responded to a report of a stolen blue 2015&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-126864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}