The Holmes Beach Police Department arrested an Orlando woman who allegedly tried to cash a forged check Oct. 27 at the Publix, 3900 E. Bay Drive.
A woman tried to cash a check at the super market but was refused after the store manager recognized her from a prior incident. The woman ran from Publix to the nearby CVS parking lot, where she got into a green Buick.
The Publix manager noted a license plate number, which HBPD officers used to stop a vehicle with three occupants in the 4300 block of Gulf Drive.
The Publix manager later identified a passenger in the back seat of the car as the woman who attempted to cash the check. Quantine Dekeytha Washington, 23, of Orlando, was taken to the Manatee County jail and faces two felony charges of uttering a false instrument.
In searching the vehicle, HBPD reported finding 12 blank Bank of America checks tucked into a pocket on the back of the front passenger seat. The name of an Apopka woman was printed on the checks.
HBPD, in a records check, learned of out-of-county warrants against the woman.
A second passenger, Lacarlia Norwood, also was taken into custody after a records review revealed out-of-county warrants for her arrest on multiple felony charges, including forgery.
The driver was not arrested.
