Man Gets Prison Time For Stratford Scam, Armed Bank Standoff

STRATFORD, CT — A man apologized as he was sentenced last week to prison time in connection with an armed standoff in Fairfield, and a scam that preyed on an elderly veteran using the pretext of funding a residential construction project in Stratford, according to the Connecticut Post.

Carl A. Myers received 12 years behind bars, suspended after three years, and five years probation, after pleading guilty to first-degree larceny, according to court records. The verdict was reached Thursday. Myers also pleaded guilty to charges of risk of injury to a child and interfering with or resisting an officer, and was sentenced to one year in prison for each offense, court records said. Myers was arrested in April 2019 by Fairfield police.

Myers, 47, tried to cash a large check April 19, 2019, at Bankwell Financial Group on Sasco Hill Road, according to the Post. Police were notified and confronted Myers, who was unable to provide details about his Stratford construction project, the Post said. Four days later, Myers returned to the bank with a child, police were called and Myers waved a gun in the air before eventually being arrested, the Post reported. Myers had tried to steal $128,000 from a World War II veteran in Texas, according to the Post, which said the man had dementia and believed Myers served in the military with him.

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