Police Log: Men Found Out Escorting Roommate To Report Their Fraud

One man arrested in bank, one man arrested after 20-minute run from police.

  Perhaps David Schrieves, 33, 180 Ave. C, apt. 1 and Matthew Chandler, 40, 136 Jenckes St., didn't think Christine Barrette, 45, had figured out they'd been stealing from her when they accompanied her to Sovereign Bank on Social Street to sort out her finances Nov. 30 at about 3:30 p.m. The notion apparently dawned on them when employees called police to the bank. As officers arrived, a bank employee pointed Schrieves out to them, as he was leaving, and they held him there, according to Sgt. Kevin Sanford's report.  Chandler, seated near Barrette as she discussed her account at a desk with a bank employee, stood up and walked out of the bank before he could be stopped. Barrette showed a photocopy of a check made out to Chandler for $275. …

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