Haverhill woman receives counterfeit check, police say

By Jim Patten
jpatten@eagletribune.com

October 03, 2008 12:50 am

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HAVERHILL — A woman told police she received a check for nearly $5,000 from a New York construction company and took it to the Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union to cash it.

It was then she learned the $4,945 check from the company was counterfeit, and was charged a $15 surcharge by the credit union, police said.

The victim told police she had not been expecting a check.

She was advised to return to the credit union and tell them a report was on file with police.

The incident was reported at 8:39 a.m. Wednesday.

The following were taken from the Haverhill police log for Wednesday:

Theft: 20 Altamont St., 9:44 a.m.

Noise complaint: 17 Myles Standish Drive, 10:08 a.m.

Noise complaint: 252 Concord St., 10:22 a.m.

Vandalism: 129 Freeman St., 11:52 a.m.

Car crash: 15th Avenue and Main Street, under investigation, 12:23 p.m.

Car crash: 50 Washington St., under investigation, 3:36 p.m.

Noise complaint: 11 Fernwood Ave., 4:21 p.m.

Arrest: Dominique Maldonado, 17, 31 Woodcock Ave., assault and battery on a household member, 31 Woodcock Ave., 5 p.m.

Noise complaint: Eudora Street, 6:54 p.m.

Arrest: Shane Walker, 30, 78 Eudora St., assault and battery on a household member, three counts, 78 Eudora St., 7:30 p.m.

Noise complaint: 19 Dudley St., 9:08 p.m.

Noise complaint: 52 Howard St., 9:16 p.m.