Mailbox Bandit Sought By Harford County Sheriff's Office

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — The suspect wanted for cashing another person's check apparently tried to steal checks out of other mailboxes belonging to businesses along Pulaski Highway a week after the initial theft, the Harford County Sheriff's Office has disclosed.

Called the mailbox bandit, the first check that was stolen from an Edgewood welding business and cashed totaled $4,900.

“The victim reported that through his bank, he was able to determine that the check was cashed in the Baltimore County area approximately three weeks prior to the reporting of the theft,” Major Donald Gividen of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office told WMAR.

Brian Trees, the owner of National Budget Muffler, told WMAR that thieves swiped a $1,000 check he had written to pay a utility bill, but a bank teller refused to honor it when someone tried to cash it. Anyone with information about the suspect or the case can call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

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