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Check Forgery

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Richfield Woman Charged With Felony Check Forgery

Police say Charlene Ann Wagner stole five checks and cashed two of them fraudulently at Richfield banks.

Charlene Ann Wagner, 46, of Richfield, was arrested for felony check forgery after police say she cashed two of five checks she stole from a friend at Richfield financial institutions. According to the criminal complaint, Richfield police responded to a theft report on the 6900 block of 18th Avenue. When police arrived, homeowner Mary Woida reported that Wagner had stolen several checks from her and cashed at least two of them. Woida told police she had discovered the forgeries while checking her account online, the complaint said. She called the bank and was told Wagner had cashed one of the checks around 1 p.m. that day for $300. Woida also found out another check had been cashed in the amunt of $325. According to the complaint, Woida …

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Richfield Woman Charged with Check Forgery in Burnsville

Police say Heidi Marie Fox, already facing first-degree burglary charges in Dakota County, presented a forged check at a Burnsville store in late November.

Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter A Richfield woman arrested a year ago for breaking into an Eagan apartment complex and rifling through cars on the day after Christmas has now been charged with passing a forged check in Burnsville.   Heidi Marie Fox, 34, is charged with felony check forgery, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Burnsville police were called to a store on Highway 13 West on Nov. 30 to investigate a report of a fraudulent check, according to the criminal complaint. A store employee told officers that a customer had just written a fraudulent check for $334.57 in the name of a person with the initials A.L. The employee said …

Friday, May 27, 2011

Richfield Man Charged With Check Forgery

James Trenton Powell is accused of trying to cash counterfeit checks from a Minneapolis company at banks in Eagan and Columbia Heights.

A Richfield man has been charged with attempting to pass counterfeit checks at banks in Eagan and Columbia Heights. James Trenton Powell, 42, faces two felony charges for check forgery and offering a forged check, each of which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. According to the complaint against Powell, Eagan Police received a report Dec. 22, 2010 from US Bank’s corporate security division that two counterfeit checks had been passed at the bank’s branch at Byerly’s in Eagan and two others at the bank’s branch in Columbia Heights. The bank included surveillance photos from the transactions with the report. According to the bank’s documentation, a counterfeit check for $657.42, made out to a different man…

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