A GEORGIA MAN FACES MULTIPLE CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER A FORGED CHECK WAS USED AT A LOCAL RETAIL STORE FRIDAY. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 P.M. FIRDAY OFFICERS ARRESTED 24-YEAR-OLD JARMAN STEIB OF DECATUR GEORGIA AFTER RESPONDING TO A FRAUD COMPLAINT AT WALMART. POLICE ALSO SEIZED MORE THAN $8,600.00 IN CASH, WALMART GIFT CARDS VALUED IN EXCESS OF $1,350.00, A 1998 FORD EXPEDITION, NUMEROUS ELECTRONIC ITEMS SUCH AS COMPUTERS, PRINTERS, DVD PLAYERS, AND GPS SYSTEMS, CHECK MAKING DOCUMENTS AND FORMS AND NUMEROUS MAPS WITH WALMART LOCATIONS MARKED ON THEM.
STEIB WAS CHARGED WITH 3 COUNTS 1ST DEGREE CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT 9 COUNTS OF 2ND DEGREE CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT AND POSSESSION OF A FORGERY DEVICE. WALMART LOSS PREVENTIONS AGENTS TOLD OFFICES THAT STEIB VISITED THE PRINCETON STORE WHERE HE RETURNED SEVERAL ITEMS PURCHASED FROM OTHER WALMART STORES AND RECEIVED CASH AND GIFTS CARDS. STEIB THEN PURCHASED A COMPUTER VALUED IN EXCESS OF $1,000.00 AND ISSUED A CHECK THAT LOSS PREVENTION AGENTS DETERMINED TO BE FRAUDULENT. OFFICERS WERE CONTACTED AND LOCATED STEIB IN A PARKING LOT NEAR THE RADIO SHACK WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. POLICE DETERMINED STEIB, WHO HAD A MAP WITH NUMEROUS WALMART STORES MARKED ON IT, WAS MAKING THE CHECKS WITH THE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THEN TRAVELING TO DIFFERENT STORES WHERE HE WAS RETURNING AND PURCHASING ITEMS. SOME OF THE STORES STEIB HIT INCLUDED MURRAY, KY, PARIS, TN, AND CAMDEN, TN. STEIB WAS LODGED IN THE COUNTY JAIL.
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