. >> police tell channel 9 bernardo gray got cars at three lots using bogus credit cards. we spoke with sales employees at ace auto show. he tried to b$12,000 car we put in what we thought with a pin. it came back with an approval. >> they're cautioning dealers to be on alert. they arrested gray last night charged with obtaining property by false pretense. >>> when is the last time you changed your credit card? a new report says americans are very loyal to the favorite credit cards april according to the wall street journal, 25 million americans have not switched their go to card in at least 10 years. experts say your loyalty may not be paying off. as consumers are increasing spending, companies are offering better rewards and sign on bonuses >> some are being unfairly hurt after the feds yanked a flam allowed them to keep money seized from investigations. how they were spending it and the effort to get it back. >> parents continue to weigh in on a controversial idea to reassign cms students to different schools. every voice is getting a chance >> we have heard. . >>> we'r

>> police tell us the customer, 25-year-old bernardo gray bought 3 cars with bogus cards. we talked with workers at one. >> he took his card and we ran it, swiped it and he put in what we thought was a pin, the card came back with approval. >> it got police involved but gray called back a couple days ago asking for his money back. >> absolutely threatened to call channel 9 and expose us, to say we were doing things, taking his money. >> gray is not in custody. police tell us warrants for his arrest were signed yesterday. ace auto says they became suspicious and called to get police involved. allison? >> blake, you found out the suspect isn't a stranger to law enforcement? >> reporter: in fact, we checked florida court records and they show 2013 he served prison time for a conviction on fraud, a giving false information to a pawnbroker. live in east charlotte, blake news. >>> we are following breaking major news, late this afternoon, local health officials confirmed they are now monitoring 8 potential cases of the mumps virus in our area. >> in the last hour we told you abo

we just charged $144,000 to my >> police tell us the customer, 25-year-old bernardo gray bought 3 cars with bogus cards. we talked with workers at one. >> he took his card and we ran it, swiped it and he put in what we thought was a pin, the card came back with approval. >> it got police involved but gray called back a couple days ago asking for his money back. >> absolutely threatened to call channel 9 and expose us, to say we were doing things, taking his money. >> gray is not in custody. police tell us warrants for his arrest were signed yesterday. ace auto says they became suspicious and called to get police involved. allison? >> blake, you found out the suspect isn't a stranger to law enforcement? >> reporter: in fact, we checked florida court records and they show 2013 he served prison time for a conviction on fraud, a

we told you this morning that bernardo gray was taken into custody last night. he illegally bought cars last month using fake credit cards and then a code that made the transaction seem real. he'll be back in court on march 1st for a bond hearing. >>> charlotte mecklenburg police chief laid out details he needs more officers. he met with the council committee today to go over last year's spike in crime and the efforts to bring it back down. it was all to support his request. he wouldn't say how many officers he wants to add. >> i'm confident that we're going to get what we need. i don't know how long it's going to take. >> next week, charlotte city leaders will be in working on the next budget. we're told they may go over the chief's formal request next month. >>> channel 9 has been following breaking news out of hawaii for the past hour, one person is now in critical condition after this, this chopper crashing right there into the water near pearl harbor. a witness feet away from the crash shot this jaw dropping video of the chopper plummeting, hitting that wat