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Man Arrested With Stolen Credit Cards Couldn't Pay $6,000 Bar Tab: NYPD

By Gwynne Hogan | October 27, 2015 2:41pm
 Queens man wracked up thousands at the club No. 8 on 16th St. then to tried to pay with stolen credit cards, according to police.
Queens man wracked up thousands at the club No. 8 on 16th St. then to tried to pay with stolen credit cards, according to police.
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Editor's Note: The suspect's name was removed from the story because charges against the man were later dropped by the Manhattan District Attorney.

CHELSEA — That must have been some party.

A Queens resident racked up a $6,436 bar tab at a swanky Chelsea club, then fumbled around in his wallet trying to pay for it with two stolen cards, according to police and prosecutors. 

When neither card worked, he tried paying with his own card that also got rejected, police said.

The man was arrested shortly after on Oct. 16 at 3:30 a.m. in front of the club No. 8 at 357 W. 16th St. where he'd spent his lavish evening, police said. 

Police found two stolen credit cards on him along with someone else's health insurance card and Louis Vuitton cardholder, police said.

Prosecutors charged him with possession of stolen property and theft of services. He was released on his own and he's due back in court on February.

His lawyer could not be reached for comment immediately.  A manager at No. 8 declined to comment on the incident.