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Woman Arrested For Forgery After Criminal Background Check Altered

August 27, 2013 posted by Steve Brownstein

The Newton County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman and charged her with forgery after she allegedly forged a criminal background check and gave it to a potential employer.

Carmen Neal, 44, of 10618 Magnolia Heights Drive faces two counts of forgery in connection with the incident.

According to NCSO Public Information Officer Deputy Cortney Morrison, the woman had sought a job at a local day care facility, but when the employer saw the criminal background check, he became suspicious.

“He said it looked to be fraudulent to him because he’s dealt with many criminal histories in the past and it didn’t look like one he’s normally seen,” Morrison said. “He said Neal had given him a criminal history check that said ‘no record.’”

As it happened when the potential employer called the sheriff’s office main number to inquire about the check, the admin tech who answered the phone was the person who had run the criminal history for the woman. She remembered that the check did, in fact, show the woman had a record.

When the criminal history that the woman had given to the employer was faxed to the sheriff’s office, it was discovered not only had the document been altered, but the admin tech’s signature had been forged, as well.

At that point, the Criminal Investigation Division took over the case and investigators went to Neal’s house to question her.

“The investigators saw evidence there in plain view that they were able to gather that was incriminating,” Morrison said.

Neal was arrested.

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