A Starke woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months’ probation after she told a deputy she purchased two stolen checks and attempted to cash one for $400.
Shynequia Mone’ O’Neil, 28, pleaded to uttering a forged instrument.
According to court papers, the victim called the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office after VyStar Credit Union informed him of O’Neil attempting to cash the check at its Starke branch.
After O’Neil was detained during an unrelated traffic stop, she told a detective she purchased two stolen checks and attempted to cash one at VyStar while the second check was stolen from her.
“I then asked O’Neil who she received the stolen checks from,” wrote Sheriff’s Detective Andrew Johnson in an arrest report, “to which O’Neil stated, ‘I want a lawyer.’”
