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CdA Police Seek Forgery Suspects

Coeur d’Alene Police are looking for Michael Graham Wilkins, 28, of Coeur d’Alene, for his alleged involvement in stealing checks out of mailboxes, forging his name on them and then cashing them. Wilkins is believed to be in the company of Lacey Lynn Fugate, 17, who is  wanted as a runaway from Douglas County, Ore. Wilkins and Fugate are suspected of stealing two checks from the mail box of area business located in the 100 block of East Locust on or around last Saturday. Wilkins is believed to be responsible for adding his name to the checks and cashing it at a local Safeway store. An employee of the Safeway store indicated that Wilkinson comes in to the store several times a day to cash checks. Detectives are obtaining an arrest warrant for Wilkins. If anyone has information on the location of Wilkins or Fugate, please contact the Coeur d’Alene Police Department at 769-2320/Coeur d'Alene Police Department news release.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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