Man Tries To Cash Fraudulent Checks At Bank: Naugatuck Police

NAUGATUCK, CT — A New Haven man is facing several charges after police say he tried to cash fraudulent checks at Ion Bank. On June 1, officers were called the 727 Rubber Avenue bank on a report of Dajuan Crudup, 35, of Columbus Avenue, trying to cash fraudulent checks.

The accused refused to talk to officers and tried to flee the scene, police said. The accused was later arrested for interfering with an investigation, and two other failure to appear arrest warrants, police said. The bad check investigation is ongoing, police said.

Crudup is charged with interfering with an officer and two counts of second-degree failure to appear.

He was held initially on a $5,000 bond.