HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala (MBZ) – After a lengthy multi-agency fraud investigation, one Dothan man and two Georgians were detained.
Houston County Sheriff’s Deputies rush to Summer Tree Apartments in Dothan on Saturday, July 1, while investigating a burglary in Columbia where a victim reported a substantial sum of money stolen from her residence.
Houston County Sheriff Donald Valenza said investigators met two of the three suspects, Alexandria Danielle Mock of Dothan and Colby Mock of Blakely, Georgia, at the apartments and found marijuana, U.S. Treasury Checks, a fraudulent Georgia driver’s license, and money in a home search.
After the search, both Mocks were arrested and charged with Theft of Property in the First Degree, and Alexandria Mock was charged with a second-degree forged instrument charge, three third-degree offenses, and identity theft.
Alexandria Mock was taken into the Houston County Jail on a $90,000 bond, while Colby Mock has no bond.
Sheriff Valenza contacted the Early County Sheriff’s Office because some of the stolen money was buried. Georgia’s Lower River Roadhouse yielded the cash.
On Friday, July 14, HCSO investigators identified the third suspect as Shikeem Williams, who was found at the U-Haul on Montgomery Highway in Dothan but fled on foot when officers made contact. Sheriff Valenza said he was caught in a shop on Greentree Avenue.
Sheriff Valenza says after Williams was arrested, investigators found three Georgia IDs, two of which were his and one was fraudulent, and five search warrants were executed, recovering $2,200, 5.5 pounds of marijuana, a Glock 10mm handgun, nine fraudulent checks, and two fraudulent money orders.
Investigators also confiscated $11,000 Williams had on deposit at a nearby bank.
Williams was charged with Burglary in the second degree, theft of property in the first degree, Attempting to Elude, Possession of Marijuana in the second degree, Possession of a Forged Instrument in the second degree, Identity Theft, eleven counts of Forged Instruments in the third degree, Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess a Firearm, and Trafficking Marijuana. Houston County Jail held him without bond.
Sheriff Valenza said during the news conference that Williams may have been participating in a statewide fraud scheme, traveling from coast to coast and presenting a driver’s license with his photo but fraudulent information. According to the sheriff, Williams has fraudulently cashed $20,000 to $25,000 per day.
