Forgery suspect in hot water after trying to cash a check he allegedly stole

Last Friday morning around 11:30 Sapulpa police officer Steven Funk was dispatched to the American Heritage Bank on South Mission Street to investigate a forged check.

When Funk arrived he spoke with the teller to whom the $180 check had been presented. She stated that while verifying the account on which the check was drawn, she discovered that the account had been closed because checks had been stolen off of it. She further verified that the signature on the check looked nothing like the one on the signature card on file at the bank.