Galesburg Police on Friday afternoon (November 5th) responded to F&M Bank on Veterans Drive in reference to a fraud complaint. Bank employees told officers a customer had her checkbook stolen and wished to close her account. That same customer reported her vehicle stolen to police on October 31st that had her checkbook inside. A 36-year old female suspect with a listed address of Buda, Illinois, came into the bank and attempted to cash a check from the stolen checkbook that she had written out to herself for the amount of $250. Bank employees asked the female suspect for identification which she provided, and employees wrote the suspect’s name and ID number at the top of the check. When employees told the female they couldn’t cash the check, the female got upset and left the bank. Officers reviewed the security video of the incident and were able to confirm the identity of the female suspect. She’s been placed on the GPD’s pending arrest list facing charges of Forgery and Possession of Stolen Property.
