A man is accused of trying to cash a forged check. Lincoln Police were called to the Pinnacle bank inside Hy-Vee at 1601 N 84th Street around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. An employee reported that a man was trying to cash a fraudulent check. The check had been written for $6,700 on an account from a business in Walton, Nebraska. The teller examined the check and it appeared to be altered. They contacted the business who did not authorize the check to the man.
The man who identified himself as a 53 year old Lincoln resident and provided a driver’s license. Officers soon learned that the person on the driver’s license had reported it stolen last January. Officers then learned the man who provided the false identity was 39 year old Jackson Steinman who had an outstanding warrant for theft.
Steinman was booked for felony attempted 2nd degree forgery and felony criminal impersonation.