Homewood Man Accused Of Check Washing In Palos Heights

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL — A Homewood man was picked up for check washing in Palos Heights stemming from an incident in October, police said. Marcus Wade, 37, was charged Jan. 4 with one felony count of forgery.

A resident reported mailing a check for a bill on Oct. 21. The check was intercepted and altered. A man, later identified as Wade, deposited the check using a mobile phone app, police said.

Through search warrants, police said investigators were able to identify Wade as the owner of the account where the check had been deposited. Police said the IP address where the check had been deposited from also matched the account.

Wade also gave statements confessing to the act, police said.
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