A Richmond man was arrested and charged in connection to several stolen checks in the area.
Brian K. Johnson, 33, was arrested Wednesday after he stole and forged 17 checks in the past two months, according to police.
Officers say they arrested Johnson Wednesday as he was attempting to cash a stolen check in the amount of $500.00 at U.S. Bank on Main Street. Police say Johnson had cashed at least 15 stolen and forged checks on that same account totaling $3,095.
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Police said Johnson ingested four oxycodone pills before he was taken into custody trying to avoid being charged for possession of the drugs.
He was taken to Baptist Health and medically cleared before being taken to the Madison County Detention Center, police said.
Johnson is also accused of passing two stolen checks at the Relax Inn on Northgate Drive in February. An employee told police each check was written for $250.00 and drawn on a closed account that belonged to someone else.
Police later learned the checks had been stolen and the account holder’s signature had been forged.
The checks Johnson used at the hotel in February is from a different account from the one Johnson had forged the checks totaling more than $3,000, police said.
Johnson is charged with three counts of receiving stolen property under $500, 17 counts criminal possession of a forged Instrument second degree, forgery second degree, possession of a controlled substance first degree, tampering with physical evidence and theft by deception under $10,000.
Police say a bench warrant from the Jackson Circuit Court was served on Johnson for failure to appear in connection with an indictment charging him for four counts theft by deception under $10,000.
