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Show Mice seek help in ending bank scam Utah County law enforcement officers are ng the help of the public in stopping a bank fro thathas been goingon in the county during !,Pst six months. Win D. Durrant, American Fork Chief of ; lce. said officers are attempting to identify JVP'6 wno have been stealing checks j businesses. . ne stolen checks are made out to someone hom ey have obtained correct bank ac- , ; nt numbers and addresses. The checks are ) ncasWatalocalbank. Police have a photograph of one of the suspects sus-pects involved, Durrant said. She appears as blond and in her 20's. She has been identified in American Fork, Spanish Fork, Orem, and Springville as the person cashing the stolen checks, he said. She is believed to be working with another older female suspect, believed to be in her early 40's, and a male subject who police do not have a description of. Durrant said the suspects walk into local businesses where they steal checks out of busi ness checkbooks, or steal purses from automobiles. automo-biles. They then use identification from the victims in order to cash the checks. Durrant said police need the assistance of the public to identify these individuals. People with information may call the American Fork Police Department (756-6011) and leave an anonymous anony-mous message about the suspect or suspects or can talk to any detective. "With the public's assistance, we can make an arrest and stop the theft of hundreds of public dollars," he said. |
