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11/08/2023
Four Connecticut Residents Charged with Stealing More Than $19,000 from Public Assistance Programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Rocky Hill, CT) – Four Connecticut residents were recently arrested and charged, in unrelated incidents, with stealing a combined $19,111 from programs financed by the Connecticut Department of Social Services.
Livia Brown, age 35, of East Hartford; Jetaun Green, age 41, of Bridgeport; Lexxiani Lopez, age 23, of Hartford; and Carmelo Davila, age 34, of New Haven were arrested by Inspectors from the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney on separate warrants.
All four defendants were charged with Larceny in the First Degree in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-122 and Davila, Green and Lopez also were charged with one count of False Statement in the Second Degree in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-157b.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit for Livia Brown, Brown is accused of fraudulently obtaining $7,434 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits she was not entitled to receive. Brown was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court, G.A. No. 12, on November 9, 2023.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit for Jetaun Green, Green received $6,021 in SNAP benefits that she was not entitled to receive. Green was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court, G.A. No. 2, on November 13, 2023.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit for Lexxiani Lopez, Lopez received $2,680 in benefits from SNAP that she was not entitled to receive. Lopez was released on a $5,000 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court, G.A. No. 12, on November 9, 2023.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit for Carmelo Davila, Davila is accused of fraudulently obtaining $1,345 in SNAP benefits and $1,631 in (SAGA) cash assistance benefits he was not entitled to receive. Davila was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court, G.A. No. 2, on November 13, 2023.
The charges are merely accusations and Brown, Green, Lopez and Davila are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Connecticut Department of Social Services investigative division submitted the arrest warrant applications for the arrests of Brown, Green, Lopez and Davila. The cases are being prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Amy Bepko and Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Elena M. Palermo.