Title: Retiree warns others after losing $8,500 in check-washing theft
Article Snip: "...Retiree Cindy Redmond noticed something was wrong after she mailed two checks from her south Charlotte home. ...“(I) put the mail in the mailbox around (9 p.m.) and then went out for a walk about (10 p.m.) and saw the mailbox was open and empty,” Redmond said. “You get a gut feeling that’s not right. Our mailbox is never left open.” ...“It appears that the suspect was able to wash the check,” said Officer Johnathan Frisk..."
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