ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Albuquerque police are searching for a man accused of forging nearly $2,000 in checks issued from a New Mexico prison. KOAT-TV reported Wednesday that authorities say 32-year-old Carlos Gomez forged two checks from the Lea County Detention Center in Lovington.
According to arrest warrant filed July 28, an inmate was given a $7 check when he was released in May but Gomez made the check appear to be for more than $900. Gomez allegedly made that check out to himself and then a second one for another man. Police say Gomez cashed the check at a Walgreens drug store.
Detectives are investigating surveillance footage from the store.
