Pair accused of installing gas pump skimmer

A vigilant gas station clerk helped police nab two mentrying to install a credit card skimmer on a gas pump, according to a Delray Beach Police arrest report.

It started around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Shell gas station at 4525West Atlantic Avenue when the clerk said a Chevy Tahoe pulled up to pump #2, according to a Delray Beach Police arrest report.

The driver, later identified as Robelkis GonzalezEnriquez, 33, of Miami, walkedinside theconvience store to pay while a passenger stayed in the SUV. The clerk thought Gonzalezwas trying to distract him when Gonzalezasked for $5 worth of gas, then lingered around the store, the clerk told police.

The clerk looked outside to see the passenger, later identified as Edgar Cespedes32, of Hialeah, removing a tamperproof seal from a gas pump. The clerkwalked outside to investigate and both men got in the Tahoe and started to take off, according to the report.

Officers arrived and stopped the SUV as the two were about to head west on AtlanticAvenue, police said.

Inside the SUV, police found a laptop and credit cards with ZIP codes on them.

Gonzalez-Enriquez told police he went to the gas station to install the credit card skimmer and that he was “going through some financial hardships with his family, according to the report.

Cespedes-Fereira told police he was at the gas station because he was left behind by friends and that Gonzalez-Enriquez came to pick him up, police said.

Both men face criminal mischief charges. They were booked into Palm Beach County Jail and released on their own recognizance.