Crime & Safety
Wildwood Man Forged Checks to Buy Heroin and Oxycontin, Police Say
The man cashed one legal check, followed by three forged checks, police said.
A man was charged Aug. 16 with writing fake checks and cashing them last April.
Michael Larocca, 32, of the 2500 block of Elm Forest Court in , was charged with three counts of forgery. They are felony charges.
said Larocca cashed one check from a man legally. He then forged three more checks from the same man and cashed them at Commerce Bank at 12633 Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights, police said.
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Larocca said he cashed the checks to buy heroin and Oxycontin, according to the probable cause statement filed by Maryland Heights Police.
Bond was set at $10,000.
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