On May 18th, 2022, officers were
dispatched to Region's Bank in response
to a report of an individual attempting
to cash a stolen check.
 Is there
anything that you want?
 What's that most
favorite?
I really couldn't tell you, man.
So, we spoke to the business owner. He
said that he's had stolen jacks. He did
not break his jack.
Do me a favor. Put your hands on your
back.
25 Bravo one.
 One one black male detain.
Let's go over here.
 15. Joe,
have a seat right here, please.
Thank you.
You have the check and everything.
traffic.
 Yeah, I have.
 Okay, just hold
on to that. I got to get in contact with
her.
16.
 What was the uh
 was dollar amount?
I'm sorry.
 Was it dollar amount?
 950.
Don't keep the
 Yeah, we have to keep the
original here. I can make a copy for
you. But it's not
 right. You guys will
get it back. I got a detective going to
be in that needs to see it.
 Okay. Yeah,
that's absolutely fine.
So, how did you go come about that
check?
 Uh guy gave it to me. You just
told me you just let me use your ID and
and I guess took it.
I guess he worked at
 10:42.
You know the person who gave it to you?
Yeah. You just be down by the store down
by McDonald's on Montgomery.
 Mhm.
The lady that came to me earlier. Can
she come back?
 Yes.
 131.
 Yes, sir. Um,
if at all possible, could you get your
ID, her ID, telephone numbers for both?
And as far as address I'm using here for
both of y'all.
 Yeah, that's fine.
 Um,
cuz they're going to want all that
information when they get here and talk.
Okay. I don't mind giving mine. I'm used
to doing that, but I don't know if she's
going to be
 She's going to have to. She
was the one that
 I called it in, so
 it
doesn't matter. She was the one.
 Okay.
All right. Well, good.
 Okay. Thank you.
No problem.
 This is him. Check's $950.
Um, they have a check. I'm about to call
S for you right quick. I didn't have my
phone.
 Okay.
 Okay. Um, the guy just came
up to me asked me. He said he didn't
have his ID ID with him. And the asked
me did I have ID and gave me a check,
you know, and I just he put my seat sign
the check and just bought it in here.
That's all I did.
You don't know this guy?
 Well, I seen
him before. He was up at this
 42.
And we'll have one.
 He say, you know,
you cash a check for me. You know, you
let me use your ID. If you cash a check
for me, I'll give you 100 bucks.
So, I gave you 100 bucks in cash.
 No, he
No, he said he was going to give me 100
bucks if you cash a check because he
didn't have his ID.
 And how much was the
check? But no, I think 950 I believe.
950?
 Yes, ma'am.
 $950.
 Yes, ma'am.
 Okay.
And if you were going to cash it, where
we going to meet him at?
 Back at pay for
that store.
 That's kind next to T city.
Next to city right there.
 Okay.
Yeah. Because I use another guy's bike
ride up here. You know what I mean? But
he said he's going to give me 100 bucks
for doing it. Just using my ID. So, I
didn't know I'm going to get in trouble
because the check didn't have no
signature or nothing on it. He just used
my name. That's it.
Yeah.
Yeah. I didn't sign it or anything, you
know. I just bought it up here.
 Just
trying to cash it.
 Yeah.
What's his name?
 I call him DC.
 DC?
Do you say where he staying at?
 No, man.
I don't know where he stays at. You
know, like I said, he comes up to the
store all the time.
 And I know he work I
know he work I know he works at at at
the restaurant at Michaels up there next
to um that laundromat up uh up up from
the post office up there at Michaels.
That restaurant. I know he used to be a
chef there, you know. So I'm thinking
that he's good.
 Where?
No. Yes, ma'am. This west west side
east side west side. Yes, ma'am.
 Oh,
west of him.
 Yes, ma'am. Oh, Montgomery.
Montgomery.
 So, Montgomery
was Michael's. I think it's Michael's
restaurant. I know he worked there. I
know he worked there, but you know, I
think I just thought since, you know, he
came to me with the check and he said he
have his idea and just ask use my name,
you know.
Yeah, but I thank you. I give you $100,
man. If you take this to the bank and
cash it for me, you know?
 Yeah, I am.
So, you stay at
B Street?
 Well, I was I was there, but
no, I'm a homeless man.
 Okay. Stay for
You don't have anything on you I need
know about? Okay.
I'm sorry. You in a predicament, man.
Can't be trusting folks like that.
If it ain't casted, you know what I
mean? But it can't be your trespos like
that.
He has no spray in that.
 That's what
 no
spray.
 Okay. You already checking.
 I
check. I thought I got all his stuff in.
Appreciate it.
Now, I'm going ask you a simple
question. Who would you meet? And be be
honest with me.
 I am.
 Who is it?
 DC. The
guy that gave me the check name. DC.
That's all. That's all you know him?
That's all you know about him?
 Yes, sir.
He's supposed to meet you over at
McDonald's.
 No, he's over at the shop at
Tai City. Over at Tai City.
 Where's T
City at?
 Right there on my right from
McDonald's and Sh convenience store.
So, how'd you get over here?
 I bicycles.
Okay.
 So, where your bicycle at now?
Right here in front of the bank.
 You
said DC apparently works at Michael.
Yeah, that's all that's the only thing I
know about.
 Okay, up this way.
 Yes,
 you
going to be in route for for during the
first and counterfeiting.
Need help with anything?
I can give her the CRN card for you.
Yeah, that'll work. I got to pull a um
Hey, how you doing? This is Officer
Jones with the Savannah Police
Department. How are you?
 Fine. How are
you?
 Uh you got a call from Regent's
Bank earlier. Yes, I did.
 Uh, I just
need your information for my report cuz
the gentleman got locked up and I'm
having to do a report for it.
 Right. How
about how many checks did you have
stolen?
 About how many what?
 How many
checks did you have stolen?
 Well,
apparently, I'll tell you, I noticed
that I couldn't find that particular
check number.
 Uhhuh.
 Not too long ago.
You know, this is a business account.
 I
got you. And there are a few I we have a
payroll company that issues you know
checks or does direct deposits and I
have a few employees that you know don't
you know don't have direct deposit and I
write them checks. So that's one aspect
of it. Mhm.
 And then there's, you know,
we have we have an alcohol, we have a
wine and beer beer license, and we have
to write checks directly to those
companies because they can't, you know,
that's legally the way they have to
operate.
 Mhm.
 So, I write checks to
them, you know, hand checks,
 right?
 So,
those are those are mostly the checks I
write, but I did notice that particular
check number
 missing when I was writing
some checks. I can't remember
 how long
ago, but not more than maybe two weeks
ago.
 Mhm. And and so somehow that check
I think it was 151.
 Yes.
 Was was uh
got in the wrong hands.
 Yes, it did.
 I'm
not sure how, you know.
 Yeah.
 If that if
that helps.
 It it does. I mean, the
gentleman that had it is now um having a
free vacation stay by the Chattam County
Detention Center.
 Okay. Uh now this
gentleman,
what else can you tell me about him that
you know legally and
 uh well from what
he said he received the check from
another individual.
 Um of course they
gave some type of street name for the
individual and expressed that the person
was going to give him $100 if he cash
the check.
 The individual was homeless
that had it.
 The individual what?
 The
individual that had the check was
homeless.
Oh, homeless. Okay. Now, we have I I
don't want to really I don't want to,
you know, I don't want to name somebody
as a person that did it cuz I I really
don't know. But we had we had a lot of
homeless people hanging around
 the uh
restaurant for quite some time. Some of
them knew each other.
 Mhm. And then we
had one individual who uh did
dishwashing for us that at one point I
you know I had to write him a check
because
you know he didn't have direct deposit
but then he said he couldn't cancel the
check and I mean it's only possible I I
want to underscore only possible that at
one point the check that I miss was
missing might have got into an envelope
for payment to you one of these
individuals, but
 I What can I do to
help? I mean,
 uh, you you you've done
enough, sir. I just needed that
information.
 All right. And then the
bank called me today and I I have to go
somewhere tomorrow morning till sometime
after 12:00 and I'm going to go back
into the bank tomorrow. So, if you want
to call you when I get there, if you
need any kind of
I didn't need any other information,
which you told me is more than enough to
put in this report. Like I said, the uh
individual that had it was arrested.
Okay. All right. Well, call me if you
need anything else. Okay.
 All right.
Thanks a lot.
 The man was charged with
forgery and counterfeiting.