A Seminole County Sheriff's Office detention facility officer in charge of inmate property was arrested Tuesday on credit-card fraud charges.

  • Luis Rodriguez was detention service officer at Polk Correctional Facility
  • Rodriguez faces credit-card fraud charges
  • Rodriguez was seen on video using inmate's credit card, deputies say

Luis Rodriguez, 59, who worked as civilian detention service officer at the Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, is accused of fraudulently using a credit card stolen from an inmate.

According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, which arrested Rodriguez, a woman reported Friday that her credit card was missing and was used while she was in the facility earlier in the week.

Two days after being released, she noticed suspicious activity on her credit card, including one for a transaction at a Deltona gas station while she was in custody. Two other charges were made at a Deltona car wash.

During their investigation, Volusia deputies found video of a man making a transaction at the Deltona car wash that matched Rodriguez's description. The woman reviewed the footage and recognized the man as someone who worked at the correctional facility.

Polk Correctional Facility and Seminole Sheriff's officials also watched the video and identified the man at the car wash as Rodriguez. The vehicles used at the car wash also were registered to him, according to Volusia deputies.

Rodriguez was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach on Tuesday on $5,000 bond. The Seminole Sheriff's Office also initiated termination of his employment.