A 60-year-old man,repeatedly charged with crimes in various states, has been arrested on accusations he used fraud to get money from two banks in Darien and another in Westport, Darien police said.
Arrest photo from Darien Police
David McMillian, 60, of Cedar Avenue in the Bronx, New York, accused of forgery at banks in Darien and Westport.
Police gave this account of the matter, including accusations not proven in court.
On Oct. 25, 2024, David McMillian of Cedar Avenue in the Bronx used a phony Connecticut driver’s license to cash a counterfeit check for $2,375 at the Noroton Heights branch of M&T Bank.
Later, he tried to get $4,200 at another Darien branch of the same bank in the Old Kings Market Shopping Center at 25 Old Kings Highway North. He was unsuccessful.
About three weeks later, on Nov. 14, 2024, the regional field investigations manager in the Financial Crimes Department of M&T Bank contacted police about McMillian’s two visits to the Darien banks.
McMillian has an extensive criminal history spanning multiple states. The police investigation linked McMillian to similar crimes in Westport and North Carolina, through law enforcement bulletins.
McMillian was identified by Darien police officers in White Plains, New York, where he was recently arrested for possession of a forged instrument. Darien police went to White Plains and identified him as the man they were seeking in the Darien incidents.
On March 19, 2025, McMillian was extradited to Connecticut the Darien Police Department, where he was fully processed for the listed charges. He was held on a $75,000 court-set bond, which he was unable to meet. He was transported to Stamford Superior Court on March 20, 2025.
On March 19, detectives extradited David McMillian from Rikers Island Correctional Facility in Bronx, New York, and brought him to Darien Police Department. McMillian, who also faces charges in Delaware in a separate case, was charged with third-degree larceny, attempted third-degree larceny, second-degree identity theft, second-degree criminal impersonation, attempted criminal impersonation and third-degree forgery.
Police held him on a $50,000 bond, which he was unable to meet. The next day, he appeared in state Superior Court in Stamford, where he also faces similar charges from the incident at the Westport bank. His bonds in the Darien and Westport cases were increased, and he is now being held in lieu of $300,000 ($150,000 in connection with each town’s arrest).