In July 2024, a city official from Woodbranch Village contacted the Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office to report a check fraud.
The city had mailed a check for just under $44,000 to a construction contractor for a project within the city. It was later discovered that the check had been stolen in transit, altered and deposited into an unknown account.
The case was assigned to the Montgomery County Pct. 4 Criminal Investigations Division. After a lengthy investigation, detectives identified a suspect, Bridgette Ragland, 40, of Houston, a U.S. Postal Service employee…