Laramie woman convicted of forgery

Reanna April Mesa was convicted of forgery Monday. Mesa was arrested for forging a signature on a stolen credit card when she was pulled over at a traffic on suspicion she was driving under the influence, according to court documents.

The vehicle Mesa was driving matched the description of the vehicle observed on surveillance footage from multiple stores in which Mesa and her accomplice, Terry Wood, had used the stolen credit card, according to court documents.

On October 12 2016 the victim reported that her pink wallet was missing from her vehicle after contacting her credit card company it was confirmed the there had been numerous recent charges on her card. In total the unauthorized charges added up to $1,746.05. The card was used at multiple stores through out the Laramie area, according court documents.

Video surveillance from multiple stores helped to identify two suspects that were using a stolen credit card. Through video footage, police were able to identify the suspects as driving a ford ranger pick-up with a camper shell that was missing it’s rear bumper and were able to get the license plate information. On October 18, officers pulled over a 1996 ford ranger matching that description during a traffic stop, according to court documents.

Mesa was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence. Upon opening the drivers door, the arresting officer found prepaid phone cards that had been purchased at Wal-Mart with the stolen card, according to court documents. Officers also noticed a pink trifold wallet identical to the wallet the victim reported as stolen.

Mesa told police that she did use the card belonging to the victim at numerous locations, utilizing the ford pick-up as transportation. Mesa also said she singed the wrong name when using the stolen card at the Petro gas station, according to court documents.

Upon reviewing surveillance video from Petro gas station, officers were able to determine that Mesa had used the credit card at this gas station and observed that Mesa had in fact singed the victims name on the receipt.

Dean Cecil Naylor was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit burglary and one count of attempt to commit burglary Wednesday morning..

Police were called to a residence on north 10th street after the owner of the home said two teenage males were attempting to break into the rear window of their home. The owner then yelled at the two, causing both males to flee the scene, according to court documents.

Patrolling the area after, the police located two male subjects who matched the description of the two males two blocks away from the home they had been trying to burglarize. Clothing matching the description and tools where found in the backpack of Naylor’s acomplice, Mathew Wheat. Wheat’s footprints also matched the one found at the scene of the crime, according to court documents.

During the course of the police interview Naylor admitted to involvement in attempting to break into the victim’s residence, according to court documents.

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