Calcasieu Parish — The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a ring accused of stealing checks from mailboxes, altering the information, and using homeless men and women to cash them.
Anthony B. Hardy, 38, and Lequita Q. Johnson, 36, both of Decatur, Georgia, are behind bars in Calcasieu Parish on charges of forgery, bank fraud, and theft. Their bonds are $105,000 each.
Beginning in December 2024, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives with the Financial Crimes Division received several reports of checks stolen from residential mailboxes throughout Calcasieu Parish…