This morning 26–year-old David Andrew Woltz of Trewhitt Road was taken into custody by Bradley County Sheriff’s detectives and Cleveland Police Officers at a motel on South Lee Highway.

Woltz is being held at the Bradley County jail without bond where he is charged with credit card fraud and theft.

The charges are the result of a traffic accident on APD 40 last month in which Elvia Hidalgo, a friend of Woltz, was killed. After a collision between Hidalgo and a logging truck, both drivers got out of their vehicles to exchange information. During this time Hidalgo contacted Woltz by phone and had asked him to come to the accident scene to provide her assistance. But before he arrived a second truck crashed into the wreckage instantly killing Hidalgo.

The investigation by BCSO detectives assisted by the Cleveland Police Department revealed Woltz arrived on the scene, was able to find Hidalgo’s purse in the debris, and removed a credit card from her purse. Since that time the card has been used for purchases totaling approximately $2,100.

David Andrew Woltz