Sean Overstreet, a New York resident, was arrested and charged with Burglary in the 2^nd degree, Criminal Impersonation in the 2^nd degree, Unlawful Eviction, Obstructing Governmental Administration in the 2^nd degree, and Pretending to be a City Marshal.

On January 26, 2010, Overstreet and a codefendant wore City official badges and misrepresented themselves as a City Marshals before an eviction pending tenant. Overstreet displayed a contrived “legal” notice before the tenant and evicted the tenant from her basement apartment in Queens, New York while leaving most of her belongings behind.

However, on the next morning the evicted tenant contacted the City Marshal’s Office and was informed that her eviction was not scheduled and that Overstreet was not authorized personnel who may lawfully execute her eviction.

When police responded to the tenant’s report on Overstreet, the defendant yet again misrepresented himself to authorities that he is a City marshal.

Overstreet now faces 19 years of imprisonment if convicted.

Queens cops arrested three Romanian immigrants and charged with allegedly tampering with several Queens ATMs in order to steal customer’s personal information. According to court documents, the men were seen entering several banks, hiding their faces, and used “skimmer” devices to steal customers’ account information and pin numbers from credit and debit cards used at the ATMs.

Skimmer devices are used by criminals to steal sensitive information from ATM machines. When they obtain a card’s data, they encode it onto bogus credit cards or simply sell it to others in identity theft schemes.

Possession of skimmer devices in New York is a crime. All three defendants, Mirel Leahu, Marian Tudor, and Danel Opre were charged in Queens Criminal Court with third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief, criminal possession of forgery devices, possession of burglar’s tools, third-degree unlawful possession of personal identification information and second-degree unlawful possession of a skimmer device. The charges carry up to seven years in prison.