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I dealt with this a while back. A so called friend of mine stole my identity and in about a 2 week period ran up 40K in bills and bad checks. It was a huge pain in the ass to get fixed. Do as the others have said. Cancel not just that credit card, but call all three of the credit agencies and they will put a guard on your credit so people can't give you credit without calling you and asking for your approval at the number you give. Also change your bank accounts. Banks are now used to dealing with this crap they should be able to change you account numbers pretty easily. If he has your credit card and knows what he is doing he can get your checks, open credit accounts in your name and cause you all kinds of problems. If you have any other credit cards call them, tell them what happened and they should be willing to put a stop on your cards and send you out new ones. It may be a little pain in the ass, but it could be worth it in the long run.
As for the detective, do as someone else said. You don't need to go down there, just call and ask to talk to the detective in question. Explain what happened and tell him it wasn't you. The fastest growing crime in the country is identity theft so the police are used to dealing with it. It sounds like whoever stole your card has a problem with this cop and wanted to harass them and is using you to do it.
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