Stamford men arrested for forgery, identity theft after allegedly robbing Darien resident
On June 7, a resident went to Darien Police Headquarters to inform police that he believed his daughter’s friend Sean Frangione, 42, from Stamford, had stolen checks from his residence.
He also believed that Frangione had stolen $ 300 in cash and a credit card from his dresser. In total, five fraudulent checks were cashed for a total of $ 1,455. Several of the checks were made out to a “Robert Simmons”. In addition, an advance of $ 566.50 had been taken from his credit card via the Venmo app.
The bank had provided the complainant with canceled checks and copies of Frangione and Simmons’ IDs which they used when cashing the checks.
When officers contacted Frangione, police said he said a check was given to him by the complainant, but declined to expand on this information. Frangione agreed to come to headquarters to be interviewed, but failed to show up on the agreed date and time. An arrest warrant has been requested and granted for both Frangione for First Degree Forgery, Second Degree Identity Theft, Sixth Degree Theft, First Degree Conspiracy for Forgery, Second Degree Identity Theft and Violation for probation. An arrest warrant has also been issued for Simmons, 51, of Stamford, for first-degree conspiracy of forgery, second-degree conspiracy for identity theft, fifth-degree theft, first-degree forgery and theft. ‘identity.
On October 2, Darien Police were informed that Simmons was in the custody of Stamford Police based on our warrant. Simmons was transported to headquarters where he was treated. Simmons was held on $ 50,000 bail and was taken to court the next day. On October 4, at around 4:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the Chemin Laforge area for the report of a suspicious man looking through the windows of the vehicle. The suspect was last seen in the Noroton Heights station area, but was eventually located on West Ave.
After Darien Police said they identified the man as Sean Frangione, it was determined that Frangione had an active warrant from that agency as well as an arrest warrant from the Monroe Police Department. Frangione was taken into police custody and transported to headquarters where he was treated for the aforementioned charges. Frangione was held on $ 25,000 bond for Darien’s charges and $ 10,000 bond for Monroe’s charges. He was taken to court later that morning.