Darien Identity Theft 2023

Police: New Jersey Man, 28, Arrested After Stealing Checks and Forging His Name on Them

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A 28-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested by Darien police on an accusation that he stole two personal checks from a Darien man who had mailed them a year ago to pay taxes. Accusations in the police account, including these further details, have not been proven in court:

The victim said he mailed two personal checks to pay his taxes on Jan. 16, 2023, but on May 19 of that year, the IRS told him the payment was missing. The victim checked with his bank and found that both checks had cleared, but that they had been made out to “Love Flow Logistics,” and had been endorsed by someone named David Velazquez. The amounts on the checks and the victim’s signature were unchanged.

Darien Mail Theft 2022
Amari Washington mug shot

Arrest Made in Mail Theft Case from Noroton Heights Post Office Mailbox

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A 20-year-old Bronx man turned himself in at Darien Police Headquarters on Tuesday, April 30, in response to an arrest warrant accusing him of helping to steal a check, forge a higher amount on it, and change the recipient’s name to the man who was arrested. After a Darien man told police in October that someone stole the check from a mailbox at the Noroton Heights Post Office, an investigation determined that the man whose name had been added to the check, Amari Washington, now 20, from Wheeler Avenue in the Bronx, also was the owner of the account where the check was deposited. Police applied for and received an arrest warrant charging Washington with third-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit third-degree larceny and third-degree forgery. In the arrest warrant, approved in late March, the court set his bond at $30,000. On Tuesday, April 30, Washington turned himself in to Darien police.