#Westport CT– On Thursday, January 28, 2016, Westport Police Officers responded to 385 Post Rd. E. (Wireless Zone) on a report that two males were in the store attempting to open accounts using fraudulent identifications. The complainant advised that once they began to question the authenticity of the identifying documents (out of state driver’s license), the two suspects quickly exited the store. Officers responded to Verizon to begin the investigation, while other Officers began checking the area for the suspects. An Officer at the store broadcasted a vehicle description and license plate of a car that the men were seen leaving in. Officer Shawn Sember was in the area of Post Rd. E. and Sherwood Island Connector when he observed the vehicle turning southbound onto the Sherwood Island Connector. Officer Sember conducted a motor vehicle stop at Greens Farms Rd. and as he approached the car, it sped away traveling westbound on Greens Farms Rd. He then pursued the vehicle as it continued westbound. Officer Perez arrived at Compo Rd. S. and Greens Farms Rd. ahead of the pursuit and deployed stop sticks. However, prior to striking the stop sticks the vehicle pulled over. The two men in the car were positively identified as the ones who were attempting to open up the fraudulent accounts at the Verizon store, and they were subsequently\ arrested.

Taken into custody were:

Sowe, Mamadu Saidu (DOB:04/25/69) of Bronx, NY

Okefor, Anthony Ikenna (DOB:06/24/88) of Bronx NY

SOWE was charged with the following crimes and is being held at Westport Police Department on a

$25,000 bond:   Criminal attempt to commit Larceny in 6th degree,   Unlawful Reproduction of Credit Card,  Identity Theft in the 3rd degree,  Criminal Impersonation,  Four counts of Forgery in the 2nd degree,  Engaging Police in a pursuit

and  Reckless Driving

Okefor was charged with the following crimes and is being held at Westport Police Department on

$20,000 bond:  Conspiracy to commit Larceny in the 6th Degree,   Conspiracy to commit Identity Theft in the 3rd Degree

(Westport Police Press Release)

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