Woman Arrested After Attempting to Cash 2 Counterfeit Checks at a Watertown Bank

A woman attempted to cash counterfeit checks at the bank on Main Street on July 20, but the bank had been alerted to the scam.

Bank officials called Watertown Police at 12:11 p.m. on July 20. Officers went to the bank after Shavon L. Scott, 25, of 31 St. Richards St. in Roxbury, allegedly attempted to cash two counterfeit business checks, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn.

She tried to cash two checks, Lawn said, the first for $986.43 and a second for $1,256.41. The bank, however, did not cash them.

“The bank was on the look out for counterfeit checks cashed by a Shavon Scott,” Lawn said. “They had been passed at other banks.”

Lawn did not have details about which other banks Scott had allegedly cashed the fake checks.

Scott was arrested on two counts of uttering a false check and two counts of attempting to commit a crime, Lawn said.