Identity Theft Suspect Arrested: Clinton Police

CLINTON, CT — A New York man is accused of stealing personal information from more than seven people from throughout Connecticut and making numerous purchases with fraudulent credit cards at the Clinton Crossing Outlets, according to police.

Christopher Guevara, 21, of Bronx, N.Y., was arrested Friday by Clinton Police on two arrest warrants while he appeared in Meriden Superior Court on unrelated but similar charges, according to police.

The arrest stems from an investigation that began this past December when it was determined that Guevara was using illegally obtained personal information from more than seven different victims throughout Connecticut, according to police.

Police said Guevara then used the personal information from the victims to produce credit cards in his name but with the victim’s banking information. Guevara is accused of making numerous fraudulent purchases at a store located at the Clinton Crossing Mall on Dec. 18 and Dec. 26.

It is unknown how Guevara obtained the victims’ personal information, according to police.

He was identified on video surveillance.

Guevara was charged with seven counts of third-degree identity theft, more than 30 counts of illegal reproduction and/or use of credit cards, and one count each of third-degree larceny and sixth-degree larceny.

Guevara is being held on cash-only court-set bonds totaling $12,500. He is scheduled to appear in Middletown Superior Court on March 27.

Pictured: Christopher Guevara, 21, of New York / Clinton Police Department