East Hampton Woman Charged With Bad Check Crimes in Southington

SOUTHINGTON, CT - A woman from East Hampton has been charged locally with crimes related to check fraud, police said.

Southington police announced the arrest of 52-year-old Gail Saltus Monday.

She was in Middletown Superior Court last Wednesday for another case when marshals learned of an active warrant for her arrest in Southington, police said.

Saltus was arrested at the courthouse and transported to Southington where she was processed and charged with identity theft, five counts of second-degree forgery, five counts of issuing a bad check, four counts of sixth-degree larceny, five counts of criminal impersonation and second-degree breach of peace, police said.

Saltus posted a $1,500 surety bond and was released with an appearance date of May 16 in Bristol Superior Court.

According to an arrest warrant, Saltus would enter a bank and present a check for deposit into the "victim’s account," claiming to be the person.

She would then request cash back from the transaction, according to an arrest warrant. All of the checks presented for deposit originated from a TD Bank account in Saltus' name and were made out to the victim, according to an arrest warrant.

In each instance the checks did not clear and were found to be from a closed account., police said.

There were five fraudulent transactions between March 2 and March 4 and four of the five resulted in Saltus receiving cash back, police said.

The cash back amounts totaled $975, police said.

A Gail Saltus with the same birth year shows up seven more times in the judicial system database for similar offenses.

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