Police on Wednesday afternoon arrested three Bronx, N.Y. men and charged them each with three counts of conspiracy to commit third-degree identity theft, three counts of unlawful completion of a payment card and criminal attempt of third-degree larceny.
At about 4 p.m., police were dispatched to the Bank of America on Elm Street following the report of an attempted bank fraud, officials said.
According to a police report, an individual—later identified as a 60-year-old man—tried to access a checking account and withdraw $4,000 that didn’t belong to him. Bank employees didn’t approve the transaction, the report said. The man left the bank and walked toward a blue Mercedes parked out front, with New York license plates and tinted windows, it said.
The Mercedes abruptly pulled away, leaving the man on Elm Street. Police later learned that the man had caught up to the car and hopped in near Starbucks, the report said. Using a broadcast that described the suspect vehicle and its direction of travel, police stopped it on Park Lane, the report said. It had three occupants, men aged 60, 22 (the driver) and 21.
During an investigation, bank employees identified the 60-year-old man and police found three Florida drivers’ license and multiple credit cards on Park Street near Park Lane “which had been thrown from the suspect vehicle shortly before the vehicle was stopped by responding officers,” according to a police report.
The 60-year-old man was additionally charged with criminal attempt of third-degree identity theft. He was held on $75,000 bond and scheduled to appear Thursday in state Superior Court. The driver was additionally charged with disobeying the signal of an officer, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, driving without minimum insurance and driving in violation of license classification. The 21- and 22-year-old men each were released on $25,000 bond and scheduled to appear April 4.
Super fast, impressive response by New Canaan Police.