Lang
3/16/26
Two Iowa City men are accused of using stolen credit cards in separate downtown incidents.
The first victim reports losing his wallet at El Ray’s Live & Dive on Iowa Avenue on the night of January 15th. A credit card inside was used at Hawkeye Smoke & Liquor on East College Street a short time later. The suspect, 32-year-old Michael Amerson of Broadway Street, was reportedly captured by security video using the card . He was captured after he was arrested for a warrant stemming from allegedly using another stolen credit card at Up in Smoke on Broadway Street on February 2nd.
The second case involves a victim losing his wallet on the Ped Mall around 2:00 on the morning of February 25th. 35-year-old Kyle Von Rossum…who lists his address as Shelter House…is accused of trying to use the card at the East Burlington Street Kum & Go a short time later. Von Rossum was arrested two days later.
Both Amerson and Von Rossum are charged with Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card. If convicted, they each face a maximum of two years in jail.