Watertown Scam Artist Arrested in Belmont for Check Scam
Christopher MacNeil and partner Denise Melanson booked on multiple offenses.
A Watertown man with a history of check fraud and his female partner were arrested by Belmont Police officers Tuesday, Sept. 6, as they attempted to run their scam at the Belmont Savings Bank. Christopher MacNeil, 25, and Denise Melanson, 41, both of 15 Highland Ave. in Watertown, were booked on several offenses after MacNeil was arrested at a Belmont Savings branch for a scheme that drained the bank account of a Belmont resident of $12,000. MacNeil was booked on uttering a forged check, larceny by check and possession of stolen goods. Melanson was booked on the utterance of false checks and attempting to commit a crime. Police learned of MacNeil when a Belmont Savings Bank customer told police on Sept. 2 that he suspected someone was …
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