Stamford Woman Arrested for Cashing Stolen Checks

A 22-year-old Stamford woman has been charged with four counts of larceny and three counts of forgery after buying stolen checks, writing them out to herself and attempting to cash them on multiple occasions, according to Norwalk Police.

Najah Hines, of 16 Orlando Ave., allegedly bought checks from an unidentified person that had been stolen from a car company for $50 per check, police said. She then reportedly wrote the checks to herself in various amounts and cashed several of them before she was caught, according to police.

Hines allegedly cashed checks in the amounts of $700, $900, $430 and $1,300 before attempting to cash a check for $2,100 on Dec. 27. The now-closed check cashing store that she had allegedly been using notified police that day, and following a police investigation, she was arrested July 5.

The checks date back to August, according to police.

Her bond was set at $7,000, and her court date is scheduled for July 16, according to the Norwalk Police arrest log.