Difficult though it may be to admit, when cashiers and servers ask for your identification they are doing it for a reason other than to annoy you.

Wednesday morning a Lawrence man was arrested after his financial information did not match his ID, police said.

Andrew Douglas Brewer, 31, was booked into jail on suspicion of misdemeanor criminal use of a financial card, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, theft, attempted theft of property or services and two counts of felony burglary, according to Douglas County Jail booking logs.

Brewer is accused of stealing a credit card and heading to Wal-Mart at 3300 Iowa St., said Lawrence Police Department Sgt. Laurie Powell in an email. When he attempted to make a purchase, store staff asked for ID, which did not match the card, she said.

Brewer left the store and was later contacted and arrested by police, Powell said.

Further information was not immediately available.

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