Memphis men charged in counterfeit check ploy

Memphis men charged in counterfeit check ploy

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Holly Springs police officers apprehended three suspects Friday night after they made two attempts to cash counterfeit checks locally, according to chief Robert Pearson.

He said a clerk at the first establishment refused to cash the check after recognizing the men. The clerk called the Holly Springs Police Department with a description of the vehicle the suspects were driving and officers began looking for the vehicle around town, Pearson said.

“They went to another place and tried to cash them and officers identified the vehicle they were driving and arrested them,” he said.

In jail on $150,000 bond are Tyrone Dowdy, 30, and Willie Lee Neal Jr. 28, charged with forgery. The third suspect, Walter Keith, 33, was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime/felony. All three suspects from Memphis are being held at the Marshall County Jail, Pearson said.

In another case charging murder and felony possession of a firearm in connection with a shooting at a local convenience store in Holly Springs November 26, the suspect Ezell Hardin, 29, of West Woodward Avenue, was bound over to a grand jury last week, Pearson said.

Other incidents reported last week included:

a stolen handgun. The firearm was reported stolen from a vehicle while it was parked at a local business in the 400 block of Craft Street.
a grand larceny. A laptop computer was reported stolen in the 100 block of Rust Avenue.
Two suspects were arrested and charged with grand larceny - Ronnie L. Boyd, 18, of Holly Springs, and Zaqurii Walters, 21, of Oxford. Both are being held in the Marshall County jail under a $30,000 bond.
a breaking and entering. A CD player and two center wheel caps were taken from a vehicle in the 100 block of Walthall.
a breaking and entering. A residence in the 200 block of Treasure Lane was broken in through a door. Nothing was reported missing but the residence appeared to have been ransacked.

Anyone having any information regarding these incidents is asked to contact the Holly Springs Police Department at 662-252-2122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-729-2169.

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