Man Arrested After Chase Through Stop & Shop: Wallingford Police

WALLINGFORD, CT — A New York man was arrested Friday after police said he fraudulently tried to withdraw money from another person’s account at M&T Bank inside Stop & Shop and then led officers on a chase through the store.

Police responded to M&T Bank inside Stop & Shop on March 17 on the report of a fraud-in-progress, according to Sgt. Stephen Jaques.

Jaques said the suspect had a fake license in the name of a true M&T account holder. He was trying to withdraw several thousand dollars from that customer’s account when police arrived, according to Jaques.

When officers began to question the suspect, Jaques said he ran away and led police on a chase through the store, out the front entrance, to the side of the building in the parking lot where officers were ultimately able to apprehend him.

The man was identified as 43-year-old Scott Morrissey of New York, New York.

Morrissey was arrested on charges of second-degree identity theft, criminal attempt at third-degree larceny, interfering with an officer and criminal impersonation. He was held in lieu of a $5,000 bond with a court date of April 19.