BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A Bellingham man is now behind bars after trying to cash a stolen check.
Court documents state that police were called to the Industrial Credit Union in Ferndale in January of 2021 after the check was marked as stolen.
Police spoke with Joshua Studer, who said that the check was payment for a car he had sold to someone else.
Studer was unable to prove that he had communicated with that person, but gave officers a receipt for the sale of the car that appeared to be signed by both parties.
After speaking with bank staff, investigators learned the other person lived in Arizona and did not know who Studer was.
Studer was set to be arraigned last June, but didn’t show up for a preliminary hearing.
He was taken into custody on Tuesday, January 11th, and faces burglary and stolen property charges.