Fairfield: Man arrested for allegedly forging checks
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Fairfield police Lt. Antonio Granata said Jonmichael Young, 41, was arrested and charged with fifth-degree larceny and second-degree forgery./ Josh LaBella
FAIRFIELD A Bridgeport man was arrested and charged after allegedly cashing altered and fraudulent checks, police say.
Fairfield police Lt. Antonio Granata said Jonmichael Young, 41, was charged with fifth-degree larceny and second-degree forgery.
On May 5, 2019, Granata said, a Fairfield business owner reported to police the theft of five checks that had been altered and cashed. He said the owner had mailed those checks to various companies.
“On May 20t Peoples Bank contacted him, making him aware of that the checks were fraudulently altered and cashed at various Peoples Banks,” Granata said. “Detectives worked with Peoples Bank Fraud Investigators and found a loss of $4,350.55 occurred on 05/20/2019 when five counterfei