Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Bristol Township police arrested a New York City man last week after they allege he tried make a fraudulent purchase of a vehicle, according to court papers.
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Officers were dispatched the Bristol Auto Mall in the 7400 block of Route 13 for a report of an attempted fraudulent purchase. They arrived to find an employee at the dealership and a man who was reported to be attempting to make the purchase, authorities said.
The dealership employee told officers the man had provided electronic copies and pictures of identification cards from New York, Florida, and Massachusetts.
The problem was the man pictured in the identification cards didn’t appear to be the man in at the dealership, police said.
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As police were at the dealership, the man who turned over the identification cards ran away along Route 13, authorities said.
While checking a boat at a nearby property, an officer discovered items the fleeing man appeared to be wearing, police said.
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An officer then ended up checking the McDonald’s on Route 13 and found the suspect, who resisted arrest and asked why he was being arrested, police said.
The dealership employee identified the man picked up at McDonald’s as the man who attempted to fraudulently purchase a Hyundai Elantra using a $20,000 loan he was working to obtain, police said.
Police said they took the suspect to their station and identified him as Theezan Dewangso, 30, of Bronx, New York City.
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Dewangso was preliminarily arraigned before on-call District Judge Daniel Baranoski on charges of access device fraud, identity theft, attempted theft, possession of an instrument of crime with intent, and receiving stolen property. He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $75,000 bail, which was later reduced by a common pleas court judge to 10 percent of $35,000.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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