Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Sam Eric Haywood, Jr., 36, who was previously arrested on July 19, has been charged with stealing a funeral home’s checks in April and cashing one of them.
A Gainesville Police Department officer spoke with a representative from Duncan Brothers Funeral Home who said a business checkbook was stolen from her personal vehicle in April. The victim said a check cashing business had called and asked for authorization to cash a check in the amount of $5,515, made out to Haywood’s co-defendant, Jesse Lewis Gillans, 43. The victim was able to recover the check, and the money was not paid; a sworn complaint has been filed against Gillans…