Stoughton police searching for Grinch-clad suspect accused of vehicle break-ins, credit card fraud

Stoughton police are searching for a suspect wearing Grinch pajamas who is accused of a string of vehicle breaks and credit card fraud.

Stoughton police say officers responded to an apartment complex on Buckley Road Wednesday morning for a car that had been broken into overnight. Later that day, another resident reported to police their car had been broken into and their wallet had been stolen.

On December 4, Stoughton police also took a report of a car break-in where a wallet was stolen at the same apartment complex. The resident told police their debit card was stolen.

Through an investigation, police obtained surveillance video of a man wearing Grinch pajamas who had used the debit card stolen in Stoughton. The same man was a suspect in a vehicle theft and credit card fraud at a Walmart in Avon, Stoughton police say.

Investigators later linked the same suspect to a vehicle theft on Dec. 1, another vehicle break-in and credit card fraud on Dec. 4, and a vehicle theft on Dec. 9, Stoughton police said.

On Dec. 13, Stoughton Police, with the help of the Brockton Police Department, identified the suspect as Elvis Andrade, 32, of Brockton, who is wanted on five active arrest warrants.

He is facing charges of larceny over $1,200, improper use of a credit card over $1,200, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, breaking and entering a vehicle during the daytime with intent to commit a felony (eight counts, larceny under $1,200 (four counts), improper use of a credit card under $1,200 (two counts) and malicious destruction of property under $1,200