A Milwaukee man tries to cash a check stolen from a Wauwatosa woman, criminal complaint says; however, a teller notices the name of the account owner is spelled wrong.
A 21-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of trying to cash a forged check written from a Wauwatosa woman’s bank account after police say the check had the victim’s name misspelled. Lashannon Blackmer was charged Friday in Waukesha County Circuit Court with one count of uttering a forgery. If convicted, he faces up to three years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Aug. 17, the victim contacted the Wauwatosa Police Department after she learned someone tried cashing a check from her bank account at an M&I Bank location in the 8300 block of West Silver Spring Road. The woman told officers he checkbook had been stolen two days before while she was shopping at Pick ‘n Save. An employee at the bank said Blackmer…
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Woman is accused of cashing three checks she stole from a West Allis man at a Wauwatosa bank.
A 43-year-old Shorewood woman is facing charges after she allegedly stole checks from a West Allis man and cashed two of them at a Wauwatosa bank. Sandra Tyner was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with two counts of forgery. If convicted, she faces up to 12 years in prison and $20,000 in fines. According to police reports and the criminal complaint: At 2:30 a.m. May 3, the victim left a tavern near his home in the 1000 block of South 61st Street, West Allis, where he met Tyner and had a “friendly conversation” before inviting her back to his house. Tyner stayed at his home until 8 a.m., then left. Two days later, the man discovered he was missing $200 from his bank account and two checks had been cashed at U.S. Bank, inside Pick '…
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Woman passes stolen checks
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Gregory Kluck
4:25 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
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