Crime & Safety
Westport Man Charged for "Yankee Stadium Dirt Scam" Wanted in California for Grand Larceny
The Westport resident was held on multiple bonds adding up to $315,000 and is expected to be extradited to California following his arraignment March 7 in State Superior Court in Norwalk, police said.
The Westport Police Department received a letter from the Healdsburg Police Department in California that stated they held an active extraditable arrest warrant for 53-year-old Mark Hayward, a fugitive from justice, police said.
In January 2012, after selling what he claimed was dirt from the original Yankee Stadium.
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The letter from Californian authorities requested that the Westport Police Department pick up and extradite Hayward to California on grand larceny charges, according to an arrest report. Hayward allegedly scammed a Healdsburg woman out of more than $50,000.
Hayward, of 2 Conte Place, Westport, was charged with being a fugitive from justice on February 22 at about 6:30 a.m. He is due in State Superior Court in Norwalk March 7, police said.
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His bond was set at $250,000, with an additional $75,000 bond set on him from the State of California, police said.
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