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Florida pair face forgery, ID theft charges Yvonne Guzman, left, and Lisbeth Gallego Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:53 PM Feb 17, 2017 at 4:01 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Two Florida women allegedly caught cashing a forged, four-figure check at a Medford bank face felony identity theft charges after nearly a dozen more stolen checks were found in their car. Yvonne Guzman, 35, of Miami, and Lisbeth Gallego, 25, of Orlando, allegedly cashed a stolen check using a forged Florida driver's license Wednesday afternoon at the Wells Fargo branch on East McAndrews Road, according to court documents filed by Medford police. When police confronted the women outside the bank, the pair initially refused to provide their names, and Guzman attempted to flee from police in a car, according to Medford police. Police seized the car as evidence. Police said they recovered $4,350.31 in cash from the car, the amount of the forged check, after executing a search warrant Thursday. Other evidence seized included a combination of 11 checks, credit cards and fake ID cards. The stolen checks already had been filled out with forged signatures, according to police. Two victims have been identified in the case, according to court records. Guzman and Gallego entered not guilty pleas Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court to felony charges of first-degree forgery, identity theft, first-degree possession of a forged instrument and identity theft. Circuit Judge Lorenzo Mejia set bail for both suspects at $100,000, court records show. Both women remained lodged Friday in the Jackson County Jail. — Reach reporter Nick Morgan at 541-776-4471 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @MTCrimeBeat.