A Kingfield man arrested in August for forging checks belonging to a 94-year-old neighbor was arrested again Tuesday on a similar charge involving an elderly relative.
Brent Adams, 42, was arrested and charged with felony counts of forgery and theft by deception Tuesday.
Adams was charged with two class C counts of forgery in August after a neighbor in Phillips, where he was living at the time, called police to report a discrepancy in her checkbook after noticing two checks were missing, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols said at the time.
In the most recent case, Adams is charged with forging a 90-year-old relative’s name and stealing about $76,000, The Associated Press reported.
In the August case, the neighbor was a “big hearted person” who was trying to help Adams, Nichols said. The value of the two checks was $110; but Adams, who Nichols said blamed his action on drug addiction, has a history of similar crimes, so the charges were elevated, Nichols said.
People can protect themselves from fraud and theft by safeguarding their valuables, including prescription pills, blank checks and credit cards and using due diligence to make sure they are not being taken advantage of, Nichols said.
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