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Ex-Cop
Arrested on 30 Identity Fraud Charges 10/2/2007
Reprinted with permission Michael Daubert of Sandy Hook, Connecticut was arrested on September 28, 2007 on a warrant charging him with identity theft in the first degree, larceny in the first degree, 28 counts of forgery in the second degree, and one count of criminal impersonation. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Daubert, a former police officer in Bethel and Naugatuck, used the name and identifying information of a New York man to obtain a mortgage on a property that Daubert owned.
The warrant states that Daubert fabricated numerous documents related to the mortgage application, including a driver's license and bank statements. As a result of these forgeries Daubert received more than $200,000 cash from the refinancing, according to the warrant. Identity Theft in the first degree and larceny in the first degree are class B felonies, each carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years incarceration. Forgery in the second degree is a class D felony, each count carrying a maximum penalty of 5 years incarceration. Criminal impersonation is a class B misdemeanor and carries a maximum penalty of 3 months incarceration. Daubert was held on $350,000 bond and was arraigned in Danbury Superior Court on October 1, 2007. At the time these crimes were allegedly committed, Daubert was on probation for his 2005 convictions for conspiracy to commit larceny in the fourth degree; two counts of forgery in the third degree, and criminal trespass in the second degree. He was serving a total effective sentence of 30 months incarceration, execution suspended. While the investigation related to the identity theft and larceny was pending, Daubert was charged with threatening in the second degree, unlawful restraint, disorderly conduct, and breach of peace for an incident occurring on July 8, 2007. Daubert is scheduled to appear in Waterbury Superior Court on October 10, 2007 in connection with these cases.
Daubert also was charged in Putnam County, New York, with menacing in the second degree and stalking and harassment in the first degree for another incident involving the same victim. Subsequently, he was charged with violating a protective order. As a result of these incidents, Daubert was also charged in Connecticut with a violation of his probation.
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