#Westport CT–On 08/07/2018 at approximately 4:00pm, officers were dispatched to People’s Bank on a report of a male attempting to make a fraudulent transaction. Upon arrival, the suspect was located at the counter attempting to cash a forged check using fraudulent identification. The teller observed the check provided had an incorrect routing number. When asked for additional identification, the suspect produced a forged U.S. passport and a fraudulent Discover card. The name on each item belonged to an actual bank customer however, the suspect was unable to verify the personal information of the account holder. The suspect, later identified as Sammie Spells of Bronx, NY, was arrested and transported to headquarters. Spells was charged with 53a-129d Identity Theft 3rd, 53a-139 Forgery 2 nd , 53a-140 Forgery 3rd, 53a-128c Credit Card Theft and 53a-49 Criminal Attempt at Larceny 3 rd . Spells was held in lieu of $10,000 and was transported to Norwalk court for arraignment.

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