Towamencin Township Police. Photo by James Short.
Lawrence William Maynard Sr. was taken into custody at a Citizens Bank branch, after posing as Scott Chaffee, police say
A 63-year-old man from Orlando, Florida was arrested last week in Towamencin Township after police say he attempted to access someone else’s bank account using a fake ID and was later found to have active warrants in two states.
According to Towamencin Township Police, Lawrence William Maynard Sr. was taken into custody on June 27 after employees at Citizens Bank at 780 Valley Forge Road became suspicious of his behavior.
A bank employee reported that Maynard — posing as a man named Scott Chaffee — was attempting to change the phone number associated with Chaffee’s account, but was unable to provide basic verification information, according to the affidavit.
Police arrived at the bank and confronted Maynard, who was in possession of a Massachusetts driver’s license and a Citi Visa credit card, both in the name of Scott Chaffee, police allege. When asked why he was visiting a Pennsylvania bank while claiming to live in Massachusetts, Maynard allegedly said he was watching his grandchildren nearby, but was unable to provide their address or verify how he arrived at the bank.
Further inconsistencies raised red flags, according to the complaint — Maynard claimed to have just received a new phone, yet couldn’t explain how he called for an Uber, which he said dropped him off at a CVS across the street. When pressed for additional details, he vaguely referred to instructions from "my people," police said.
The investigation escalated when the real Scott Chaffee was contacted by a Citizens Bank branch in Massachusetts, according to the complaint. Chaffee confirmed he had not authorized any account changes, verifying he was the legitimate account holder, police said.
Police determined that the driver’s license Maynard presented was fraudulent, citing mismatched expiration dates and license classifications when compared to records from the Massachusetts Bureau of Motor Vehicles, per the report.
As officers continued questioning Maynard, he became visibly nervous. When asked to call numbers stored in his phone, one of the numbers rang in his own pants pocket, revealing a second phone labeled with the name Lawrence Maynard, police said. Police ran his real name and discovered two full-extradition warrants, one from Florida and another from Texas.
Maynard was taken into custody, and charged with felony counts of forgery and identity theft, according to Montgomery County court records. He was jailed on $10,000 cash bail and a preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 6 before Magisterial District Judge Ed Levine.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
