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Montrell Devon Peat-Seward

East Lyme — Police have arrested a former home health care aide who allegedly stole more than $1,500 from one of his Niantic clients in a two-week span.

Montrell Devon Peat-Seward, 29, of 72 Crest Drive, Mystic, was charged Thursday on a warrant with credit card theft, 18 counts of illegal use of a credit card, 18 counts of criminal impersonation and 11 counts of sixth-degree larceny.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Peat-Seward was one of several CareCo Shoreline Inc. aides assigned to assist Alex Kores, a Niantic resident who has medical conditions that affect his memory.

After learning from Kores’ conservator that several suspicious transactions had taken place from Dec. 18, 2016, through Jan. 1 of this year, Detective Mark Comeau obtained records from Citizens Bank. The records showed 11 withdrawals or purchases and seven ATM fees totaling $1,537.23, according to the affidavit. Kores had not authorized the transactions.

Comeau compared the work schedules of all relevant CareCo employees to the times the transactions occurred and determined Peat-Seward was working during each one.

Comeau additionally gathered video footage from the East Lyme Stop and Shop, the Niantic Citizens Bank and the Waterford Walmart, where some of the transactions had taken place. A CareCo manager later identified Peat-Seward as the man using Kores’ card in each video, according to the affidavit.

Court officials on Dec. 1 signed off on a warrant for Peat-Seward’s arrest. On Thursday, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal police notified East Lyme police that they had taken Peat-Seward into custody on the warrant.

Unable to make bond, Peat-Seward was due in New London Superior Court on Friday.