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Broward deputies arrest out-of-state fugitive with history of bank fraud

Alabama woman arrested at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Darlene Shipp at the airport on Tuesday and held her on an out-of-state warrant at the main jail on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale. (BSO, Google Street View)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Deputies arrested a 44-year-old fugitive with a history of bank fraud cases on Tuesday at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies held Darlene Shipp on Wednesday afternoon at the main jail in Fort Lauderdale on an out-of-state hold.

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Records show Shipp has been in and out of jail in Alabama’s Montgomery County, and detectives have accused her of defrauding banks.

The Montgormery Advertiser has been publishing the Montgomery County mug shots of Darlene Shipp for years. (Montgomery County via newspaper courtesy)

In 2015, a television station in Montgomery reported Sgt. Denise Barnes accused her of “seeking out males who are looking to make easy money” and giving them forged stolen checks to defraud a bank.

In 2018, a newspaper in Montgomery reported Shipp was arrested again for trying to defraud a bank of more than $7,600. The alleged fraud involved forged checks again.

BSO inmate records show that her recent arrest at the airport was on a warrant related to burglary, robbery, and theft.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.


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