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Emily Ramirez forged check arrest photo 07-12-17

Police: Woman, 24, Tried to Cash Phony Check for More Than $1,600

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A 24-year-old woman who showed up at TD Bank in Darien with a check for more than $1,600 and a form of identification that made a teller suspicious was arrested on a felony fraud charge, police said. Darien police described the incident with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

Late in the afternoon on Monday, July 3, Emily Ramirez walked into TD Bank at 55 Post Road and handed a teller a check for $1679.25

Ramirez, who lives on 186th Street in the Bronx, was charged with first-degree forgery (a felony), third-degree identity theft and criminal attempt to commit fourth-degree larceny. The teller said that after Ramirez said she wanted to cash a check, she stood their silently until the teller asked for the check. Ramirez handed it over and also gave the teller a New Jersey identification card with Ramirez’ picture on it (but not with Ramirez’ actual name). The teller later told police that the ID card looked “very strange” to him, although the name and address on it matched what was on the check.

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Shamar Adams mug shot 02-06-17

Alleged Identity Theft from Both Sides: Darien Victims in Two Cases, Arrest in a Third

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On the same week that a Queens, N.Y. man turned himself in to Darien police on charges related to identity theft, two Darien residents reported being victimized by the lucrative business. The arrest came when Shamar Adams, 27, turned himself in at Police Headquarters after he’d been told by a Massachusetts state trooper or police officer (who stopped him for an alleged traffic offense) that Darien police had a warrant for his arrest. The warrant stemmed from a 2015 incident and investigation. Darien police gave this account of it (including accusations not proven in court):

Back on June 2, 2015, at 4:20 a.m., a police officer saw a car parked at the Exxon service station at 1358 Post Road (the one with the wooden bear in front of it). The gas station was closed, so the officer stopped to ask what the occupants of the car were doing there.