Crime & Safety
Ossining Man Accused Of Stealing From Credit Union
Police said he stole the money using an online check cashing scam.
YORKTOWN, NY — An Ossining man was arrested for stealing from a credit union. Yorktown police charged Julio R. Cruz 22, of Broadway in Ossining, was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony.
Police were sent to investigate a theft at the Hudson River Financial Federal Credit Union in Mohegan Lake Aug. 2.
Cruz, police said, engaged in an online check cashing scam between June 2 and June 13.
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He allegedly stole more than $1,000 cash from the credit union.
Cruz voluntarily surrendered at Yorktown Police Headquarters on Aug. 9 when he was taken into custody.
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He was arraigned and released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to reappear in court Sept. 20.
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