MONROE, CT — A Waterbury woman turned herself in on a warrant Monday after allegedly manipulating an elderly woman into writing checks out to her for total of $3,950, while working as a home health aid.
Tenequa Green-McAllister, 41, was charged with second degree larceny and forgery in the second degree and released after posting seven percent of her $2,500 bond for a Dec. 23 court date.
Shoplifting arrest
A 53-year-old Milford man turned himself in on a warrant Thursday after allegedly shoplifting at Stop & Shop, 470 Monroe Turnpike, with two women on Sept. 23.
He was charged with sixth-degree larceny and released on $5,000 bond for a Dec. 27 court date.
On Sept. 23, he and two women allegedly filled two carriages with groceries and left Stop & Shop without paying for the items. Police connected the suspect to the getaway vehicle during their investigation and applied for the warrant.
The investigation is ongoing.
An altered check
A 59-year-old Monroe man told police he was balancing his checkbook online when he noticed a fraudulent charge, according to a complaint filed on Wednesday.
Police said the payee and the amount of one check had been changed. The victim closed his checking account and opened a new one and was advised to monitor his financial accounts.
The incident is under investigation.
Peddling without a permit
Two men wearing Frontier lanyards, who were knocking on doors to make sales, were fined for peddling without a permit Wednesday.
Officers responding to a complaint on Wiltan Drive caught up with the men on Pastors Walk and issued the tickets in violation of the town ordinance requiring peddlers to apply for a permit at the Monroe Police Department.
Police do background checks on the applicants before a permit is issued.
The Sun’s Policy on Using Names in Police Reports
Before the internet, newspapers routinely published names in the police blotter. The arrestees would be embarrassed for a few days, before most people forgot about it. They served their penalty and could move on with their lives. The issue with the article was archived in a library and could become an issue again if someone researched it.
Since the internet, the arrestees’ names can be searched online and the article will always come up. Even if the arrest was long ago and they are leading better, more productive lives, the report always looms over them.
Because of this, The Sun only uses names of people in police reports for some of the more serious crimes and incidents: murder, brutal beatings, robberies, burglaries, car thefts, thefts of thousands of dollars or more, sexual assault, pedophilia and fatal crashes.
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