CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. ( WBRC ) - A Cullman County man is charged with using his cellphone to record a woman’s debit card information, then use that stolen info to pay for a room at the Days Inn and pay a bill.

According to Cullman County Sheriff’s investigators, on June 13, Christopher Melvin was at the Love’s Travel Stop on County Road 22 and used his phone to record the debit card information, then later that day used the stolen card information to pay an electric bill online.

Three days later, investigators say he used the same card information at a Days Inn on 4th Street in Cullman.

Melvin was arrested on Thursday, July 31, and booked into the Cullman County Jail.

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