Crime & Safety

Shelton Cops: Woman Issued an Expensive Bad Check

A Shelton woman is accused of bouncing a rent check.

Raquel Montalvo, 44, of Country Place, is charged with third-degree larceny and issuing a bad check.

Police said Montalvo wrote a check for $5,700 that was returned for insufficient funds on May 7.

Montalvo is free on a written promise to appear in Derby Superior Court.

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