Crime & Safety
Greenwich PD: A Case of Stolen ID, Forgery
A Maryland woman busted on charges she tried to empty a local bank account of more than $9,000.
A Maryland woman has been arrested by Greenwich Police on charges she stole another woman's identity and tried to empty the victim's bank account of more than $9,000.
Police were summoned to the 197 Greenwich Ave. branch of Chase Bank just before 5 p.m. June 1. Bank personnel reported a person was "attempting to withdraw approximately $9,725 from an account belonging to another individual," according to a police report.
The suspect is accused of identifying herself as a woman from Brooklyn, NY and produced a New York State driver's license and a Chase bank card in the victim's name. She also had a withdrawl slip signed in the victim's name, according to the report.
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Police determined that all of the documents were forgeries and arrested Zonia M. Murray, 23, of Temple Hills, MD, with unlawful reproduction of a credit card, identity theft, criminal impersonation, first-degree forgery, second-degree forgery, interfering with an officer and criminal attempt. Murrary was unable to post $10,000 bond. She was scheduled to appear June 4 in state Superior Court in Stamford.
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