Crime & Safety

Hazlet Women Arrested For Cashing Stolen Checks: Police

The stolen checks totalled over $5,000 police said.

HAZLET, NJ-- A Hazlet woman was arrested for trying to cash five stolen checks, police say.

Michele Fuertez was arrested for attempting to cash five checks totalling $4240 in June, police said.

She was also charged separately with cashing an additional stolen check worth $850 at a Santander Bank. As a condition of her pretrial release, Fuertez cannot have any contact with the victims.

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