Ex-Cop Charged With Identity Theft,

Larceny, Forgery, Impersonation

Chief State’s Attorney’s Office investigators have arrested a Sandy Hook man on a warrant charging him with first-degree identity theft, first-degree larceny, 28 counts of second-degree forgery, and one count of criminal impersonation.

Investigators arrested Michael E. Daubert, 43, on the charges on September 28. Daubert, a former police officer in Bethel and Naugatuck, used the name and identifying information of a New York man to obtain a mortgage on a property that Daubert owned, according to a statement from the chief state’s attorney.

The warrant states that Daubert fabricated numerous documents related to the mortgage application, including a driver’s license and bank statements. As a result of these forgeries, Daubert received more than $200,000 cash from the refinancing, the warrant alleges.

First-degree identity theft and first-degree larceny are class B felonies, each carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years incarceration. Second-degree forgery is a class D felony, with each count carrying a maximum penalty of five years incarceration. Criminal impersonation is a class B misdemeanor and carries a maximum penalty of three months incarceration.

Daubert was held on $350,000 bail for an October 1 arraignment on the multiple charges in Danbury Superior Court.

At the time these crimes were allegedly committed, Daubert was on probation for his 2005 convictions for conspiracy to commit fourth-degree larceny, two counts of third-degree forgery, and second-degree criminal trespassing. For those offenses, he had received an effective suspended sentence of 30 months in prison.

While the investigation concerning identity theft and larceny was pending, Daubert was arrested on charges on second-degree threatening, unlawful restraint, disorderly conduct, and breach of peace in connection with a July incident.

Daubert is scheduled to appear in Waterbury Superior Court on October 10, in connection with that case.

In July, Daubert was charged by police in Putnam County, N.Y., with menacing, stalking, and harassment in connection with another incident involving the same victim. He later was charged with violation of a protective order for an incident involving the victim.

Consequently, Daubert was charged in Connecticut with violation of probation.

The Statewide Prosecution Bureau in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney is pursuing the cases against Daubert.