Duo arrested for credit card fraud in San Marcos

By Samantha Smith

Two people were arrested on March 29 and 30 for multiple counts of credit card fraud and organized retail theft stemming from a June 2015 incident where they cloned credit cards to purchase items at the Prime Outlets Mall in San Marcos.

Authorities arrested Carl Romander Fields, 33, of New Orleans, LA, who was booked into the Hays County Jail on March 29 on one count of organized retail theft, a third degree felony, and 12 counts of credit card abuse, which is a state jail felony. Field was released on March 30 on $85,000 bond.