Two suspects allegedly swiped debit cards and cash from a locker at the Planet Fitness in Doylestown Saturday afternoon, then used the stolen cards at a nearby Burger King, according to police. The theft happened around 5 p.m. at the gym located on the 400 block of North Main Street, and investigators are now asking the public for help identifying the pair.
The Central Bucks Regional Police Department published an “Attempt to Identify” notice this week seeking assistance in tracking down the two suspects, according to CRIMEWATCH. Officer DiBenedetto is leading the investigation and is urging anyone with information to reach out to the department. As 6abc Philadelphia reports, surveillance footage shows the alleged thieves at the Burger King, where they used the stolen debit cards at multiple locations after leaving the gym.
The Planet Fitness sits at 442 North Main Street inside the Doylestown Shopping Center, a major commercial hub along the corridor, per Patch. It is not the first time thieves have targeted gym-goers at this particular location.
A Familiar Target for Thieves
Central Bucks Regional Police investigated a similar theft at the same Doylestown Planet Fitness in March 2024, when a suspect made off with more than $200 in cash, two credit cards, and a $450 Coach backpack before attempting a $1,482 purchase at an Apple Store, per CRIMEWATCH's earlier case report. That incident involved a theft from a vehicle parked in the gym's lot rather than a locker inside the facility.
Police also searched for two suspects back in October 2023 after three credit cards were stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at the same gym and later used at a Staples store, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia. Together, the two prior cases point to a pattern of quick-turnaround credit and debit card thefts tied to visitors at this particular gym.
What Suspects Could Face
If identified, the suspects could face charges on two fronts under Pennsylvania law. Unauthorized use of a debit or credit card is charged as access device fraud under 18 Pa.C.S. § 4106, a statute that ranges from a second-degree misdemeanor for amounts under $50 up to a third-degree felony punishable by as much as seven years in prison if the fraudulent value reaches $500 or more, according to the Zuckerman Law Firm.
Separately, taking cash or personal items directly from the locker would fall under theft by unlawful taking of movable property, per 18 Pa.C.S. § 3921, which Lampman Law notes is graded as a misdemeanor or felony depending on the dollar amount involved. Prosecutors frequently pair the two charges together in card theft cases, the firm notes.
Pennsylvania courts also retain jurisdiction to prosecute access device fraud even when fraudulent purchases happen outside state lines, as long as the victim lives in Pennsylvania and the underlying bank account is maintained there, per a 2025 Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling in *Commonwealth v. Washington* detailed by Goldstein Mehta LLC.
Regional Policing and Broader Trends
The Central Bucks Regional Police Department is a consolidated force covering three contiguous municipalities — Doylestown Borough, Chalfont Borough, and New Britain Borough — allowing the smaller Bucks County communities to pool investigative resources, according to Suburban Solutions. In its 2025 annual review, the department reported that overall crime across its jurisdiction dropped 2% compared to 2024, with notable declines in property thefts, burglaries, and vandalism, even as the department has dealt with ongoing staffing shortages, per Chalfont Borough's published report.
Card fraud of the kind alleged in this case remains a persistent national problem. Federal Trade Commission data from 2025 showed credit card fraud was the single most common form of identity theft in the country, with more than 500,000 cases reported in just the first three quarters of that year, according to The Motley Fool. It remains unclear whether the locker at the Doylestown Planet Fitness was locked or how much money the suspects ultimately spent across the businesses where the cards were used. Central Bucks Regional Police are asking anyone with information about the identities of the two suspects to contact the department.
