On October 13th the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division arrested 30-year-old Conshohocken resident Patrick Maxwell Rose for nine counts of Forgery (2nd Degree Felony), two counts of Theft by Unlawful Taking (3rd Degree Felony), two counts of Theft by Deception (3rd Degree Felony), two counts of Receiving Stolen Property (3rd Degree Felony), nine counts of Identity Theft (3rd Degree Felony), one count of Tampering with Records (1st Degree Misdemeanor), two counts of Unlawful Use of Computer (3rd Degree Felony), and twenty-seven counts of Criminal Conspiracy.

Connected to Rose’s case is that of Vincent Alfred Trotta III, a 37-year-old from Staten Island, New York who was arrested on similar charges on October 11th.

According to the notice from the department, the arrests came after a two-year investigation into the theft of over $200,000.00 and financial misconduct by Trotta and Rose, from January 2017 to November 2018. The pair worked at a commercial business in the Westtown Business Center in Westtown Township. During the period the two worked at the business funds were stolen from the company and its employees.

Rose surrendered himself to police and the court for arraignment on October 13th and bail was set at $50,000.00 unsecured. Both will have a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Justice Martin G. Goch, at District Court 15-2-03, on November 23rd at 10:00 a.m.

Mugshot – Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department