On May 14th, 2025, officers responded to a check cashing business after receiving reports of a male attempting to cash a fraudulent check. Pause. Okay. Hey, do me a favor, sir. You're not under arrest. You're just being detained right now. Till we figure out what's going on here, okay? Okay. All right, man. I just got my phone right here. Say what? My phone is right there. That's all right. Nothing will happen to it. Oh. 10 1 to 10. Uh we're going to go ahead and have a seat over here. All right. You got any knives or weapons or anything like that? No, no, no, no. So, we're going to pat you down real quick here, okay? Okay. Like I said, I don't know what's going on here. Mhm. I'll explain everything in a moment. Just spread your legs here for me. Yes, sir. Got your wallet? Yes, sir. Okay, your ID is going to be in there? Yeah, they got it. They got it. Or they got it? >> Yeah. All right. Keys? Yes, sir. Lighter? Yes. >> [snorts] >> Just do me a favor, have a seat right here, sir. All right. What's your name, man? Devon Dunlap. Devon what? >> Dunlap. D E V I N D U N L A P. All right. Just give me a minute. I got to read you your rights, okay, man? Like I said, you're not under arrest at this time. You're just being detained. I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand? Yeah. You have the right to the presence of an attorney prior to or while you're being questioned. Do you understand? Yes. If you cannot [snorts] afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed at county expense to represent you before any questioning you so wish. Do you understand? I understand. All right. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any of my questions or make any statements. Do you understand? Yes. All right. Do you understand any of these rights that I've just explained to you? Yeah. All right. Having these rights in mind, are will to our questions? Sorry? No? All right. You read them already? Yep. You got his name? Oh, no. You don't want to You don't want to say anything? Okay. Can I at least get your name? You got it You got his name already? >> No, I think he had a nothing ID or something like that. He's got a wallet. All right. This is his phone right here? Okay. Did he give you any ID? All right there. Okay. And that's the check right here? Oh, yeah. If I could just get that. Did he happen to give you anything else or that was it? That was it? Okay. Almost. Do you need help like doing statements and all that stuff? Uh Yeah, I will. You said what? Yeah, once we get over to the station, I'll let you make a phone call. Okay. Yeah. Huh? Which one is it? All right. The uh steering wheel. Steering wheel. Oh, the gray one? >> Yeah. All right. Uh yeah, once we get there, I'll let her Where you get the keys from me? Where the keys at? In your pockets? Well, I'm about to take out everything from your pockets, okay? All Turn the AC on for you. All right. Hello. Hi, how are you doing? Uh this is Mr. O'Brien again. You're the guy. Okay, how are you doing? This is Officer Stewart. So, um the check that this uh male was trying to to cash. Do you know where exactly he got from? I have no idea. Oh, you have no idea. Was it a check? I'm about to take the Riverside Is that a personal or business check? It looks like a business check. Riverside Shadow Lake, go ahead. I got a guy with a light colored mic, 1025 black Nissan. No. Yes, we got it. Yeah, I can send you a copy. Yeah, so it's from you and it's Yes, it's being paid to the order of this this mail, right? Do you Do you know what Devon Love Donnell Donnell Love Donnell? Last week? Yeah. What's your husband's name? Yes, your husband also. Yeah. Yes, sir. Okay. And you've never been in I'm back. Mhm. Who's that the check cashing place store called her? Yeah, who's that that called you last week? It was him you're saying or Oh, so you think that he was trying to call you last week to get your information? Okay. No, he's not he's not saying anything. No. Yeah, of course. I'm going to be giving you a call back with any more information or if you get else from me, okay? Okay. Okay. All right, I appreciate it. All right, no problem. Thank you. Um, I can get a statement from the teller. Okay. Do you want me to call Sheroy? Want to run it by him or you want to call him? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, see what he says. Yes. I think this is straight, you know, it's uttering forged instrument, you can charge identity theft, uh, attempted grand theft, and if they're willing to, um, be a victim and charge him with bank fraud as well. Okay. So, let me call uh Sheroy, but if you want to go ahead and transport him, I think you're good. It's just we got to figure out how to do a statement from her. Right. That may be something that they may do later on. Okay. So, um, let me call Brett and I'll I'll call you. All right. Who handled this transaction with the uh gentleman? I did. Okay, I'm going to need to get a statement from you. Okay. And then I don't know if you want to call up your boss, but you guys are technically a victim of the crime of bank fraud because he tried to, you know, dupe you guys. I don't know if you want to call your boss to find out cuz I got to get a statement from you just going over the details of him presenting the uh check and everything like that. And then if you want to call your boss and ask him or if you guys are willing to press charges in regards to the charge for bank fraud. >> Actually, if you don't mind, I don't need to record anything. Yeah, wouldn't mind. And then is there some way I can get get a statement from her? Um, can I go around the back? >> back. Sorry? Do you need to step out? Either or, whatever you guys want to do, we can do it right here. It's going to be a tape statement. So. Um, just go ahead and walk me through the gentleman that came into the store today whose name is >> Yes. One second. Yeah, Devin Dunlop. Um, just walk me through when he entered and just, you know, eventually led to me showing up here. >> Okay, so he came in actually yesterday to cash it and The same check? Yeah, the same check. said he came in because he sold his car. It was a 2012 BMW, I think 328. Mhm. And And when I asked him did he have any like paperwork from selling the car, he said no. Mhm. And then he stated that he provided the 786 telephone number saying that that's who he sold the car to. Mhm. And then when we tried looking up the number, it came back to someone else that wasn't that who he sold the car to. Okay. >> And then from that we got a hold of the maker and the maker said that she received a call last week with the same person trying to cash the same check. And that it's fraudulent. She got a phone call from the other place? >> Lisa. Yeah. The stamp that was on the back of the check, I asked him, I said, "Hey, where did you take it to?" Because he had to have a cancellation endorsement stamp. >> Mhm. And it wasn't a cancellation stamp, so I told him that he would have to go back and come back. So, there was a stamp on the back of the check? Okay. So, that would indicate that he attempted to or tried to >> Right. And he stated that they said that because he didn't have an account with them that they wouldn't be able to cash it. Got you. Okay. So, then you said you called the maker on the check, Lisa? >> Yes. Okay. And you spoke to her just directly and everything like that. Correct. I just verified the check. And what did she tell you? The same thing that She said the same thing that she this is fraudulent because she received a call from a bank last week. She didn't give a date, but last week that the same check with the same amount. Okay. All right. He presented ID to you? Yes, he did. >> Okay. You looked at the ID, verified it and everything like that. >> Correct. Um no money was exchanged at the Okay. >> Not at all. Um Did she, Lisa, tell you that she was calling the police? >> Yes. Okay. Were you going to be calling the police eventually or what's your policy on the what policy is in regards to situations like this? Well, not at that point, my manager I have to follow up with her far as that. >> Her? Yes, Anika. Okay. All right. What was I going to say? Was there like a transaction slip created for this transaction already? Do you guys I don't know if you guys do like >> Yeah, we have paperwork. Okay, I'll talk to her in regards to seeing if I can get a copy of that and then also talk to her in regards to getting the um who did need to contact to get the video? I did ask her about previously about the bank fraud. I'm guessing she she has she has no desire to want to press charges in regards to that. Is that correct or you need to verify with her? Yeah, have to verify with her. Okay, is there anything else you when I came into the store I'm sorry about that. Just to verify when I came in the store the gentleman that was at the counter that was the correct gentleman, correct? >> Correct. Okay, anything else you'd like to say? Um no. He was charged with grand theft and uttering a forged instrument. Share your thoughts in the comments below and don't forget to like and subscribe.