Police nab suspect in ION Bank case

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Alvin Allen Weekes

The Middlebury Police Department’s Rekor cameras again proved to be a useful tool the afternoon of March 8 when officers were called to the ION Bank at 600 Middlebury Road for a possible counterfeiting and forgery case. A woman who had opened a checking account just two weeks before aroused suspicions when she attempted to deposit a $1,000 USPS money order to her account. That’s because the branch manager was aware of people opening accounts with a minimal amount and then attempting to deposit large sums and withdraw the money.

The bank teller advised the woman, who was identified through her Connecticut license, to deposit the check and wait until it cleared to get the funds. The alert bank staff called the Police Department, but the woman and a man who was later arrested had left the scene in a red Jeep bearing the license plate CT 95435.

Officers ran the license plate through NCIC/Collect and then the Rekor camera system. The cameras recorded the vehicle at the intersection of Routes 63 and 64 and again at the intersection of Park Road and Straits Turnpike.

Surmising it might be heading towards the Watertown ION Bank, they began looking in that area. They found the vehicle parked in the Kmart Plaza in Watertown and occupied only by the man, later identified as Alvin Allen Weekes, 24, of West Haven, Connecticut. He was taken into custody and found to be in possession of a loaded 9mm firearm. Attempts to locate the woman were unsuccessful.

Weekes was transported to headquarters where he was processed and charged with Conspiracy to Commit Larceny 4th and Conspiracy to Commit Forgery 2nd. He was released on a $5000 bond and assigned a court date of March 24, 2023 in GA #4.

This investigation is still ongoing. Chief Pat Deely said Officers Erik Markiewicz, Daniel Gillotti, and Sean Simpson and the staff of ION Bank (Middlebury) should all be commended on a job well done.