Man Stole Thousands From Fairfield Bank: Police

FAIRFIELD, CT — A Waterbury man with a criminal history is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a bank in Fairfield, according to police.

Juan M. Castillo, 43, was arrested in July on a warrant for a felony charge of third-degree larceny in connection with a transaction at Webster Bank, 1919 Black Rock Turnpike, a police report said.

In April 2019, Castillo withdrew $3,400 from the Fairfield bank the same week counterfeit checks were deposited into his account from an ATM in Yonkers, New York, according to police, who said a senior fraud investigator with Webster Bank notified law enforcement about the incident.

Castillo has a criminal record, police said. In 2014, he was convicted of sexual contact with a child under 16 and risk of injury to a child, according to court records. He was listed as non-compliant on the state sex offender registry, police said.

Castillo was found guilty in 2019 of violating probation, and was sentenced to 10 years in jail, suspended after 13 months, according to court records. His warrant arrest in connection with the Fairfield theft was executed in early July at the Brooklyn Correctional Institution, police said. Castillo is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 1, according to court records.