Police Arrest Brooklyn Man for Fraud and Larceny

On January 24 Scarsdale detectives arrested a Brooklyn man for cashing fraudulent checks totaling over $7,500 from the accounts of a business on East Parkway in Scarsdale and Post Road residents, both during the month of December.

Terrance Redden, age 22, of Dumont Avenue in Brooklyn was charged after two detectives working separately on the two incidents realized that they were pursuing the same subject.

On December 16, 2013, an East Parkway business reported that three fraudulent checks totaling over $3,500 had been drawn against the business account, and funds removed. On December 31, 2013 a Post Road resident came to Scarsdale Police Headquarters to report that three fraudulent checks totaling more than $4,000 had been drawn against their personal bank account.

As Detectives Craig Carroll and Joe Serio proceeded to investigate the crimes they found that they were looking for the same suspect and developed sufficient evidence against Terence Redden to go to his residence in Brooklyn on January 24. With assistance from the NYPD they took Redden into custody.

He was charged separately for the two incidents and has been charged with:

• Possession of a Forged Instrument 2nd Degree, a Class D Felony (2 counts)
• Grand Larceny 4th Degree, a Class E Felony (2 counts)
• Identity Theft 2nd Degree, a Class e Felony (2 counts)
• Unlawful Possession of Personal ID Info 3rd Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor (2 counts)

Reden was arraigned on the 6 felony and 2 misdemeanor charges by Judge John Galloway and remanded to the Westchester County Jail on $100,000 bail.

The Scarsdale Police Department is continuing their investigation into both incidents, working with the Westchester County District Attorney's Office Economic Crimes Bureau and the security departments of the financial institutions involved.