MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to be wary of mailing personal checks from home.

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Investigator Jason Thomas said the sheriff’s office has received several reports recently of those checks being stolen from mailboxes before they are picked up.

Once the personal check is stolen, Thomas said the thief or thieves make counterfeit checks using the stolen check’s routing number and account number. Once made, the counterfeit checks can be used anywhere and will take money out of the victim’s account without them knowing it.

Thomas encourages people to mail items that include a personal check from a U.S. Post Office.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Terrell E. Hawkins, 30, of 1420 Hutchinson Drive, was charged Wednesday with two counts of duty to obey an officer and probation violation.

• Franklin Allen Smithwick, 46, of 904 Fourth Ave. S.E., was charged Wednesday with four counts of indecent exposure.

• Cynthia Denise Gregory, 30, of 407 First Ave. S.E., Apt. 4, was charged Wednesday with disorderly conduct.

• John Paul Williams, 27, of 2225 Sylvester Drive, was charged Wednesday with theft by receiving stolen property.

Colquitt County S.O.

• Steven Allen Sheffield, 30, of 274 Seminole Drive, was charged Wednesday with driving with a suspended license (second offense) and no proof of insurance.

• Eric Dantae Sims, 18, of 189 Serena Drive in Norman Park, was charged Wednesday with battery (family violence).