COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a check to make a payment on a loan for fire equipment ended up getting deposited by someone with an address in New York.
Per the CCSO, a deputy responded to Lakeside Drive on July 17 to speak to the treasurer for the Acme Delco-Riegelwood Fire and Rescue.
The sheriff’s office says she got a notification from Home Trust Bank out of Asheville that she was late on her due payment for fire equipment, but that she looked into her bank statements to find that an Izaiah Mitchell at 197th Street in Bronx, NY, had cashed the check. She was able to provide printed copies of her receipts, and she said she mailed the check to the P.O. Box for the bank in Asheville.
The deputy tried to find information from the jail but did not find anything, and asked for the woman to contact the sheriff’s office with any more information.
The case is still active as of Thursday, July 18.
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