Charges are pending against four suspects who allegedly stole blank checks from mailboxes in Hollister, and wrote them out at area businesses.  Police Chief PrestonSchmidt…

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Schmidt says 23 checks were written on the three accounts.  One of the victims tells HometownDailyNews.com that 15 of those checks were hers, with amounts ranging from 26 to 180 dollars, totaling nearly 13-hundred-50 dollars.  Schmidt says the checks were presented with driver’s license information already written down.  He says the stores accepted the checks, even though the suspect was unable to produce identification.  Chief Schmidt says potential charges against the four suspects include forgery, passing bad checks, identity theft and mail theft. 

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Four suspects are facing charges in Taney County of stealing blank checks from mailboxes and cashing them at area stores.  Hollister Police Chief Preston Schmidt says the suspects allegedly stole the checks from three mailboxes during the month of December.  He says the checks were presented with identifying information already hand written, and were accepted without proper identification…

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Twenty-three checks were written, 15 of them belonging to one person, who tells HometownDailyNews.com the amounts written on her account total nearly 13-hundred-50 dollars.  Paperwork has been forwarded to the prosecuting attorney’s office for possible charges including forgery, identity theft, mail theft and passing bad checks.

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Charges are pending in Taney County against four suspects who allegedly stole boxes of blank checks from mailboxes in Hollister, and wrote a number of them at various businesses.  Hollister Police Chief Preston Schmidt says a total of 23 stolen checks were written by suspects who could not produce identification, but had written false driver’s license numbers and other information on the checks…

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One of the victims of the thefts tells HometownDailyNews.com 15 checks were written on her account.  The amounts ranged from 26 to 180 dollars, and totaled nearly 13-hundred-50 dollars.