5 Massachusetts residents are facing several charges after being implicated in a fraud scheme.
According to police, on Tuesday, Somerset Police Officers responded to Rockland Trust Bank, located at 100 Slades Ferry Avenue, for a report of a female suspect actively involved in a potential check fraud scheme. Prior to arriving in the area, Detective James Cardella and Detective Donald Cormier, who was operating an unmarked police cruiser, advised responding uniformed officers to remain several blocks away from the bank based on his experience with similar fraud investigations, which often involve co-conspirators waiting in a vehicle some distance from the target location.
A short time later, the female suspect exited Rockland Trust Bank and walked a considerable distance west on Slades Ferry Avenue before approaching and entering a white 2026 Dodge Durango bearing Michigan registration 37578RF. Officers then converged on the area and conducted a motor vehicle stop of the Durango…