ROCKINGHAM — A man is facing several charges after allegedly using a stolen bank card to buy gas.
According to an arrest warrant, 31-year-old Dillon Jayce Welch stole a woman’s Truist debit card on or around Nov. 11, 2024, and used it to purchase gasoline.
(Note: Records show Welch’s first name also spelled as “Dylon” and “Dylan”
The warrant — charging Welch with financial card theft, obtaining property by false pretenses and possession of stolen property — was issued on Dec. 12 and records show he was arrested Jan. 17.
Records show Welch was arrested on Jan. 17. He was also served with an order for arrest for failing to appear in court Dec. 6 on a charge of misdemeanor larceny.
It appears Welch forfeited on a previous bond from 2023 and is still facing charges of: possession of methamphetamine; possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; possession of up to a half-ounce of marijuana; simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance; possession of drug paraphernalia; and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.
Welch is being held in the Richmond County Jail on a combined $45,500 secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 30 on the financial card charges. His court date for the drug charges is Feb. 3, and Feb. 7 for the misdemeanor larceny charge.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Welch was convicted in 2010 of possessing stolen goods, breaking and entering and larceny, and the following year of injury to real property, all in Haywood County. His probation on the felony charges was revoked in Richmond County at the end of 2011 and he served nearly three months behind bars.
Six months after his release in 2012, Welch was convicted in Scotland County of: felony larceny; larceny after breaking and entering; possession of burglary tools; and breaking and entering and larceny.
His probation on those convictions was also revoked in Richmond County — weeks after being convicted in Haywood County of driving while license revoked and common law uttering — and Welch was incarcerated for more than seven months.
Welch went back to prison in 2015 for another seven months on a post-release revocation.
Other convictions include:
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