Police: Three Bronx Men with Phony I.D.s Caught in Fraud Scheme

An announcement, slightly edited, from New Canaan police:

On Tuesday, Jan. 13, at approximately 10:24 a.m., a resident of Knapp Lane contacted the police to report receiving a package with a name that was unknown to him, but had his address on it.

The resident later saw a suspicious male on his property. The resident contacted police and gave a detailed description of the male and the vehicle he got into.

Minutes later, an officer stopped the vehicle on Old Stamford Road near Weed Street.

A passenger, Hernandez, stated they were doing charity work and picking up donated property. Upon checking the identification of the three men officers located several fraudulent operators licenses with different names and addresses.

One of the licenses did contain the same name the package had along with the Knapp Lane address. The package contained an Apple iPhone and informational material from Asurion which is a cellular phone insurance company.

[Eleudys] Hernandez, [Jesus] Rivera and [Randolph] Brown were taken into custody and [each] charged with second-degree forgery (six counts), conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny and criminal attempt to commit fifth-degree larceny. Hernandez was charged with fifth-degree larceny. They were arraigned in Norwalk Court the same day.

An investigation is ongoing to determine if the three men are involved in other fraudulent activities.

Editor’s note: Edits to the announcement above were for Patch editorial style. Additional wording is in brackets (“[ ]”)

Additional information on the three men arrested (in order of their New Canaan police arrest photos in the order attached to this article):

• Eleudys Hernandez, 27, of 219 E 178 St. Bronx, NY, initial bond: $30,000 (first picture attached to this article)
• Jesus Rivera, 42, of 2541 Aqueduct Ave., Bronx, NY — initial bond: $10,000 (second picture)
• Randolph Brown, 53, of 775 E236 St., Bronx, NY — initial bond: $15,000 (third picture)

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