Woman, 25, Charged With Forgery, Criminal Impersonation: Darien Police

DARIEN, CT — A 25-year-old woman was arrested on Oct. 20 after police said she tried to fraudulently cash a check at a bank in Darien.

Channelle Griffin, of the Bronx, N.Y., was charged with third-degree identity theft; third-degree forgery; criminal impersonation; interfering with an officer; and credit card theft, police said in a news release.

On Oct. 20 shortly after 5:30 p.m., Darien police officers were called to the TD Bank at 55 Post Road on a report of a woman, later identified as Griffin, who was trying to cash a stolen check, police said.

Griffin told officers her name was "Janet," and that the check in question belonged to her, police said.

"When officers asked her to sit down, she ran out of the bank and then fell to the ground. When she fell, officers reported that two credit cards fell to the ground with a different name on one of the cards. Chanelle also had a fraudulent identification on her matching the check she was attempting to cash," police said.

Officers spoke with the owner of the check who confirmed that Griffin did not fit the description of the person they wrote the check to, police said.

Griffin was released on 10 percent of her $5,000 bond. She's scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 3.