Wednesday, July 27, 2022

22SJ002834 - Vulnerable Adults-Financial Exploitation / Larceny from a Person / Identity Theft / Computer Crimes-Fraud / Petit Parceny

CASE#: 22SJ002834
OFFICER: Gerrish
AGENCY: St. Johnsbury Police Department
CONTACT#: 802-748-2314

DATE/TIME: July 1, 2022 @ 1040
LOCATION: Concord Avenue
VIOLATION: Vulnerable Adults – Financial Exploitation, Larceny from A Person, Identity Theft, Computer Crimes – Fraud, Petit Larceny

ACCUSED: Justin Maloney (29)
RESIDENCE: St. Johnsbury, VT

VICTIM: Name Withheld
RESIDENCE: Concord Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On July 01, 2022 at 1040 hours, the St. Johnsbury Police Department received a complaint that a person had stolen a cell phone from a vulnerable adult and used it to reduce the victim’s bank account balance to 19 cents. The victim reported this after finding only 19 cents left in his bank account when he went to access his monthly social security/disability payment to pay his rent. On July 14, 2022 at about 1800 hours, Justin Maloney was later located at the Northeast Regional Correctional Facility where he had been lodged on an unrelated matter. Maloney was cited and will face arraignment in this case with a date of September 26, 2022 at 0830 hours.