A file photo of a Westport, Conn., police cruiser.
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WESTPORT — A Stratford man has been arrested for using a stolen credit card last summer, the Westport Police Department announced Wednesday.
Dean Henton, of Stratford, was charged with third-degree burglary, fifth-degree larceny, eight counts of third-degree identity theft and two counts of criminal attempt at third-degree identity theft, according to police.
The charges stem from a reported larceny on Post Road East on July 16, 2021. A woman told police that her company’s American Express card had been stolen and then was used to make various purchases totaling more than $1,500, police said.
A detective obtained video surveillance of the suspect illegally using the credit card and shared the footage with local law enforcement. A detective from another police department then identified the suspect as Henton, according to police.
Henton was arrested on May 26. Police said he was “very uncooperative during the booking process and refused to be fingerprinted or photographed. Because of this, police charged him with failure to submit to fingerprinting, police said.
Henton was held on $100,000 bond and arraigned later that same morning, according to police.