Watertown Police arrested a man from the Big Apple for allegedly using false driver’s licenses to upgrade his two iPhones at Best Buy.
On Feb. 3 at 5:30 p.m., police were called to the store in the Watertown Mall after security suspected a customer was up to no good. The suspect, identified as Darell I. Grosvener, 22, of New York City, came in and tried to upgrade two phones to iPhone 6S, worth $400 each, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor.
“As a standard practice, customers are asked for their cell phone number, zip code and the last four digits of their Social Security number,” O’Connor said. “It was obvious to the manager that the arrestee didn’t know the information from memory and had to look it up on his phone.”
Then the store tried calling the cell phone number they were given and reached a voicemail with a different man’s voice on it. Employees also checked the Connecticut Driver’s License provided by Grosvener and the birthdate in the system didn’t match with the one on the license, O’Connor said.
Employees called the man who the license belonged to and he answered and confirmed he was not in Best Buy upgrading a phone, O’Connor said.
Police arrived and spoke to Grosvener, who at first provided a false name, O’Connor said. When police searched the suspect, they found a second Connecticut driver’s license that did not match his name.
Grosvener claimed had taken a taxi cab from New York City to Watertown to get his phone upgraded and planned to take a cab back.
Watertown Police arrested Darell I. Grosvener, 22, of New York, N.Y., on one count of identity fraud and two counts of attempting to commit a crime, to wit larceny over $250, O’Connor said.