A Hartford man was hospitalized and taken into police custody after trying to cash a fraudulent check at a Suffield bank on Friday afternoon and then becoming violent in the lobby, according to police.
Police said 28-year-old Devone R. Cade, of Lenox Street in Hartford, entered the First National Bank of Suffield at 1380 Mountain Road around 2 p.m. Friday.
He tried to cash a fake check and then became "increasingly agitated" when an officer arrived, trying to run, according to police.
Cade struggled with police who tried to take him into custody, knocking furniture around the lobby and prompting bank employees to call 911 for backup, according to police.
Police said Cade continued to ignore the officer's orders until a second officer got there and together, they took him into custody.
Cade, who police say was found with illegal prescription drugs, was brought to a local hospital and then taken to police headquarters.
He was charged with interfering with an officer/resisting arrest, second-degree forgery, criminal attempt to commit fourth-degree larceny and illegally obtaining/possessing a prescription drug.
Local
Cade was held on $10,000 bond and is due in court Dec. 1.
