Arrest After Alleged Stamford, Davenport Fraud

DAVENPORT – Sheriff Craig S. DuMond announced that a Cooperstown resident was arrested following an investigation into a fraud complaint that occurred in the Towns of Stamford and Davenport. 

On Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026, Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a fraud complaint at The Delaware National Bank of Delhi. Deputies learned that 38-year-old Jennifer Hewitt of Cooperstown had cashed two separate checks at two different Delaware National Bank of Delhi branch locations totaling more than $14,000 and it was later found that Hewitt did not have the funds available to cover the checks.  

Upon completion of the investigation, Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies with the assistance of the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Hewitt with two counts of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, class D felonies and two counts of Issuing a Bad Check, class B misdemeanors, both offenses of the NYS Penal Law.  

Upon conclusion of arrest processing, Hewitt was transported to the Delaware County Correctional Facility to await Centralized Arraignment Court.