Crime & Safety

Man On Alleged DCU Forged Check-Cashing Run Charged With Larceny

A man was allegedly on a string of illegal forgery maneuvers at banks in Marlborough, and apprehended in Worcester.

MARLBOROUGH, MA–A man from the Bronx, NY, is facing several charges after allegedly cashing thousands in fraudulent checks in Marlborough, and then trying to do so before he was apprehended in Worcester. All of them at DCU Federal Credit Unions.

On Nov. 6 around noon, Marlborough's DCU received a call from a location in Worcester that a man was trying to cash a check using a fake identity, and they had him in custody.

Terry T. Stroud was also the subject of an investigation in Manchester, NH, said Marlborough police. Earlier on Nov. 6, Stroud allegedly passed a false check at the DCU at 865 Solomon Pond Road and then another at 279 East Main St. using a Virginia ID. Checks totaling $4,000 were successfully cashed at the two Marlborough branches.

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Terry Stroud, 26, Sedgwick Ave., Bronx, NY, was arrested at 4:21 p.m. and charged with forgery of a document, uttering a false document, identity fraud, larceny over $1,200 and larceny under $1,200.

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