A 35-year-old Galesburg man who was wanted by police in connection to two separate vehicle thefts was charged yesterday afternoon with forgery. Galesburg Police on Wednesday afternoon responded to Old National bank on East Main Street in Galesburg when the man entered the bank and attempted to cash a $900 check. The check was written on a closed account. The man told officers he was given the check by the account owner, a woman in her 40s, for doing yard work on Chambers Street. Police discovered the closed account once belonged to an 83-year-old woman from Abingdon who is now a resident at Marigold. Officers met with the woman, as well as her daughter, and they told police they never gave anyone permission to do yard work, and the daughter hadn’t been to Galesburg in months. The 35-year-old man was transported to the Knox County Jail and charged with Forgery. The male suspect was also wanted in connection to a stolen skid steer on January 3rd and a stolen bicycle on January 11th.
