A Roanoke Rapids woman who reportedly stole a lost checkbook faces more than 100 fraud counts after using the instruments to make purchases at a local grocery store.
Detective R.B. Biggerstaff of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said Leanne Elizabeth Hayes, 32, wrote 16 checks to Food Lion on the account.
While he did not immediately have the exact amounts of the checks she reportedly wrote, he said three were estimated to be around $150 and the rest between $50 to $75.
The victim lost the checkbook at a business in Roanoke Rapids on June 24 and reported the matter on July 7.
Chief Deputy Scott Hall said in a statement the checks were written between June 26 and June 28.
Hayes was arrested Thursday with assistance from the Roanoke Rapids Police Department after Biggerstaff obtained warrants on her.
She faces 16 counts of larceny of a chose in action, 16 counts of forgery of an instrument, 16 counts of uttering a forged Instrument, 16 counts of forging an endorsement, 16 counts of ID theft, 16 counts of obtaining property by false pretense, 16 counts of uttering a forged endorsement, three counts of possess and transport a counterfeit instrument and another count of possess and transport a counterfeit instrument.
She received a $25,000 bond and October 19 court date.