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Trae Ward was also arrested Saturday after- noon, Aug. 2, by a deputy "who tried to stop a vehicle that was speeding and mov- ing erratically," the news release notes. When the vehicle finally pulled over, Trae was charged with Fleeing to Elude. He was released on bond four hours later, the release adds. This is the ninth arrest for each of the Wards, "who have violent criminal histories involving Aggravated Battery as well as multiple weap- ons and drug charges," the release points out. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men in connection with credit card fraud after a store manager flagged dep- uties down to report his suspicions, the office has announced. On the afternoon of Aug. 4, the manager of the Publix located at 3428 Clark Road in Sarasota pointed out the suspects' vehicle to deputies and said the men had tried to use a Green Dot gift card that appeared to be altered, a news release says. When deputies stopped the WANTED MEN ARRESTED IN CREDIT CARD FRAUD INVESTIGATION vehicle a few blocks away and then searched, they found wallets with nine Green Dot cards, two American Express cards and an Arizona driver's license showing one of the suspects with a fake name, the release continues. "Most of the cards contained banking infor- mation from Australia," it adds. Detectives confirmed with Green Dot that the bank num- bers did not belong to the corporation, and they learned none of the cards would have a name embossed on it but instead would have Carlos Bencomo/Contributed photo Longino Morgan-Terrero/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader August 8 & 15, 2014 Page 84