OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A pair of forgery suspects didn’t pay attention to the name on checks stolen out of a roadside mailbox, as the victim knows something about tracking down crooks.

Near 156th and Maple Streets, a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office detective working a theft case gives an update to the victim: his boss.

“A lot of your checks in the upper left say ‘Hanson for Sheriff,’ however, she reprinted the check into her name under your account information,” said investigator Colin Driscoll.

A book of 50 checks marked ‘Hanson for Sheriff’ with a police federal credit union account was stolen a few months ago from Sheriff Aaron Hanson’s mailbox.

Tina Heredia was caught on camera allegedly buying $583 in merchandise using a stolen check that’s been altered, and it’s suspected that she

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