COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A couple was arrested at a College Station bank for trying to cash a check that bank employees called "fraudulent." This was after successfully cashing a check in Lubbock in the same amount and from the same business.
Police were called Wednesday afternoon to the Amarillo National Bank on University Drive on what reports say was a forgery call.
"The bank manager contacted the police department because someone was trying to cash a check that the bank manager thought to be fraudulent," a College Station Police Department report said. The couple were identified by police as 20-year-old Iyanna Henderson and 22-year-old Zion Thornton.
When authorities made contact with the couple inside the bank lobby Henderson said she was there to "cash a check." Thornton added that the check came from an insurance company but could not recount the provider's name, police say. At one point during questioning, Henderson said her uncle "helped with the claim."
During conversation with police, according to reports, Thornton "changed his story multiple times." One of the stories was that the check was to pay for "construction school in the area."
Bank employees informed police during the investigation that management was informed by email from a sister branch that "they had just cashed a fraudulent check" and realized both were from the same business and "were around the same value" each totaling $4,685.
One bank employee stated that they "contacted the business on the check and was able to confirm the check was fraudulent."
Both were arrested on a forgery charge each and as of presstime remain custody at the Brazos County Jail, both on cash bonds.