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Trio Arrested On Gift Card Fraud Charges In New Canaan Parking Lot

NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Three South Carolina residents were arrested in a New Canaan drug store parking lot Monday night after they tried to buy gift cards fraudulently, police said.

Brett R. Harvey, 28, of 501 Kenton Drive, Irmo, SC, arrested in connection with alleged fraud at Walgreens.

Brett R. Harvey, 28, of 501 Kenton Drive, Irmo, SC, arrested in connection with alleged fraud at Walgreens.

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Channa Nicole Holloway, 26, of 125 Rosewood Lane, Lexington, SC, charged by New Canaan Police in connection with an alleged fraud at Walgreens.

Channa Nicole Holloway, 26, of 125 Rosewood Lane, Lexington, SC, charged by New Canaan Police in connection with an alleged fraud at Walgreens.

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Tarkeisha L. Valentine, 25, of 520 Kershaw St., Aiken, SC, charged by New Canaan Police in connection with an alleged fraud at Walgreens.

Tarkeisha L. Valentine, 25, of 520 Kershaw St., Aiken, SC, charged by New Canaan Police in connection with an alleged fraud at Walgreens.

Photo Credit: New Canaan Police

Officers stopped the trio in the Walgreens parking lot at 9:30 p.m. after an alert employee became suspicious of the transactions they had just done, police said.

New Canan police said it's believed the suspects may have been involved in similar schemes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Brett R. Harvey, 28, of 501 Kenton Drive, Irmo, S.C.; Channa Nicole Holloway, 26, of 125 Rosewood Lane, Lexington, S.C.; and Tarkeisha L. Valentine, 25, of 520 Kershaw St., Aiken, S.C., were each charged with conspiracy to commit larceny in the sixth-degree.

The bond for Harvey was set at $5,000 while the bonds for Holloway and Valentine were set at $2,500 each.

Harvey has extensive criminal history in Georgia and South Carolina with many arrests for forgery, police said.

All three were transported to Norwalk Superior Court for arraignment.  

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