#Westport CT– On March 26, 2018, the Westport Police began to investigate a stolen check complaint
that was lodged by a local resident. The complainant stated that his financial institution had
mailed him new checks which he said were never received. The complainant told the officer that
when he called his bank to ascertain why the checks had yet to arrive, he was told that one of the
checks that had supposedly been mailed to him had already been cashed. The check in question
was made out to a person named April Pirrello in the amount of $600.00. The complainant said
he never wrote that check nor does he know anybody by that name.

The investigating officer determined that the check was cashed at a check cashing store in
Bridgeport, CT. A detective went to that location and was able to attain surveillance footage of
the suspect allegedly cashing the fraudulent check. Based on the surveillance footage, the
suspect was reportedly positively identified as April Pirrello. Additional evidence purportedly
tying her to this crime was obtained during the investigation. A warrant for Ms. Pirrello’s arrest
was completed and signed by a Superior Court Judge.

On the morning of August 12, 2021, Ms. Pirrello turned herself in at the Westport Police
Department. Per the warrant, she was charged with Larceny in the Fifth Degree and Forgery in
the Third Degree. She was released on a $10,000.00 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned at
Stamford Superior Court on Thursday, August 19, 2021.

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