STOLEN CHECKS ARR S.S.

A 22 YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN SALINAS YESTERDAY, AFTER SHE TRIED TO PASS A STOLEN CHECK AT A WELLS FARGO BRANCH THERE. RITA SALAS ALSO ADMITTED TO CASHING SEVERAL CHECKS PREVIOUSLY, AND MOST OF A WHOLE STOLEN CHECKBOOK WAS FOUND IN HER PURSE. SALAS WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON FORGERY-RELATED CHARGES.

SALAS?S MOTHER AND BOYFRIEND, WHO WERE WITH SALAS IN HER VEHICLE, WERE ALSO ARRESTED. 44 YEAR-OLD ANGELA ORTIZ AND 22 YEAR-OLD LUIS FUENTES WERE ARRESTED FOR FALSE IMPERSONATION, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. ADDITIONALLY SALAS? MOTHER WAS CHARGED WITH BEING IN POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.