Woman Uses Forged Check To Buy Car In Round Rock Dealership: Cops

ROUND ROCK, TX — Police accuse a woman of having used a stolen identity to purchase a car from a Round Rock dealership with a forged check, according to an arrest affidavit.

Mary Bruce, 47, of Killeen has been charged with theft in the case. That's a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in jail. According to an affidavit referenced by the Austin American-Statesman, Bruce bought a 2012 Hyundai Equus for $16,816.38 from a Round Rock Hyundai dealership this past August.

But she's said to have used a forged temporary Texas driver's license and the identify of a Killeen woman to make the purchase, according to the report. After the check was returned and found to be forged, Killeen police found the stolen vehicle under a car cover in a parking lot of an apartment complex at 2318 Andover Dr. in Killeen, the report indicates.

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