On Sept. 26, St. Mary’s Sheriff Dfc. M. Harrison responded to the Cedar Point Federal Credit Union for a report of Fraud.
Investigation revealed, Thomas Jeffrey Combs, 23 of Hollywood, was at the credit union attempting to cash two check written by a victim who, unknown to Thomas Jeffrey Combs, happened to be a bank employee of the Cedar Point Federal Credit Union where he was attempting to cash the checks.
The victim reported she ordered checks from the credit union but had never received them and was surprised when Combs was attempting to cash checks which were written to him and forged with the victim’s signature.
Further investigation revealed Combs had also passed two stolen and forged checks of the victim on Sept. 25.
Thomas Jeffrey Combs was arrested and charged with 4 counts of uttering, 4 counts of theft, 4 counts of counterfeiting, and 1 count of theft scheme, 1 count of hindering and 1 count of false statement to a police officer.