LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Authorities have arrested a woman suspected of passing phony checks at a Las Cruces-area convenience store.
Las Cruces police say 28-year-old Laura E. Maestas is being held on suspicion of three counts of forgery.
She was taken into custody Monday and booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center. Her bond is set at $20,000.
Police say a woman paid for items at a Pic Quik store on Jan. 8 with checks that turned out to be fake and appeared to be homemade.
The three checks were in amounts of about $75, $61 and $41.
Police identified the woman who wrote the checks through the driver’s license used at the time of the purchase and through video surveillance from the store.
It’s unclear Tuesday if Maestas has a lawyer yet.
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