TV host Chris Hansen is facing charges after failing to repay a debut for items he ordered.
TMZ reports that Hansen was arrested for bouncing checks, totaling just under $13,000, to a company that created merchandise for him.
The former host of “To Catch a Predator” was arrested Monday in Stamford for larceny. Cops say he failed to pay a local vendor nearly $13,000 for stuff he’d purchased in 2017 … and allegedly gave the guy the runaround with 2 bounced checks.
According to Stamford PD, Chris bought 355 mugs, 288 t-shirts and 650 vinyl decals from a mom-and-pop shop in town for marketing events he planned to attend. The owner says the goods were delivered, but Chris bailed on his $12,998.05 tab.
The report goes on to say that after Hansen’s first check bounced the merchant threatened to go to the police before Hansen offered to pay in installments.  That option was rejected so Hansen attempted to sell some of his personal effects. When a second check bounced, that’s when authorities issued a warrant for his arrest.
Hansen turned himself in on Monday.
