BRIDGEPORT — A local man ripped off a WWII veteran and others from across the country for thousands of dollars before, police said, they arrested him following an armed standoff in a Fairfield bank.
Carl Myers, wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt, stood before Superior Court Judge Kevin Russo Tuesday morning and pleaded not guilty to first and second-degree larceny, telephone fraud, money laundering, risk of injury to a child, assault on a police officer, interfering with police and threatening.
He asked for a jury trial.
Myers’ lawyer, Corey Heiks, told a judge he will later argue for a reduction of his client’s $750,000 bond. The case was continued to June 5.
“Everyone in this country is presumed innocent until proven guilty,” Heiks said later as he left the Fairfield County Courthouse.
Police said the 46-year-old Myers, identifying himself as the owner of a Texas construction company, “From Start 2 Finish Construction,” allegedly stole $128,000 from a 91-year-old WWII veteran from Houston on the pretext of building a waterside residential complex in Stratford.
When Houston police contacted the veteran, police said, they determined the man suffers from dementia and said he was sending checks to Myers because he believed Myers had served with him.
Police said they later learned that Myers had allegedly stolen $15,000 from a 76-year-old Minnesota woman. The woman, who is ill, told detectives she had sent Myers the money after she and her granddaughter were threatened by unknown individuals, police said.
Police said they found evidence that Myers was allegedly...
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