Thursday, March 08, 2007
Woman Apprehended For Allegedly Passing Close To $10,000 In Forged Checks
A Raccoon woman is behind bars after allegedly trying to cash close to 10,000 dollars worth of forged checks. Detectives with the Kentucky State Police served warrants yesterday on 36 year old Melissa S. West of Raccoon creek after wrapping up a close to month long investigation into the alleged fraud. According to the arrest warrant West allegedly try to pass 12 checks valued at $500 each at the Coal Run US Bank leading to tellers alerting the KSP; at which time Detective Amos Adkins was assigned to the case. On Tuesday West allegedly attempted to once again pass a forged check, this time at the US Bank Branch at Meta, for a sum of $3,800. West was apprehended yesterday and lodged at the Pike County Detention Center on a $5,000 dollar full cash bond. A not guilty plea was entered this morning to 13 counts of Felony Criminal Possesion of a forged instrument and a preliminary hearing was set for March 15.
# posted by Justin Mullins @ 4:53 PM 
