GENTRY — Police have located the woman they believe is responsible for crimes in Decatur and Gentry back in April.
Keisha Kay Landry, 45, of Broken Arrow, Okla., who also usesthe last name of Fowlkes, wasarrested in Tulsa on charges relating to forgery and the fraudulent use of a credit card. She had been one of Tulsa’s most wanted and was recognized by an officer in a traffi c stop for an improperly lit license plate.
A hold has been placed on Landry on a Benton County warrant. She is being charged with eight felonies in connection with fraud and forgery in Gentry, according to police.
According to information released by the Gentry Police Department, a woman allegedly broke into a car parked in Decatur and stole a purse on April 5. She then is alleged to have used the victim’s ATM/debit card to make six purchases in Gentry and forge a check on the victim’s account to make an additional purchase at an auto parts store in Gentry.
According to information released by police, debit card purchases at Walmart in Gentry amounted to $200; $105.44; $53.94; and $53.94. Debit card purchases at the Phillips 66 Station in Gentry amounted to $117.63, and $54.06. A forged personal check to O’Reilly Auto Parts in Gentry was in the amount of $513.03.
An acquaintance of the woman identifi ed her from the photos captured in Walmart surveillance videos and published in the Eagle Observer on June 5.
Police believed the woman might be from the Tulsa or Broken Arrow area of Oklahoma because she allegedly used the victim’s card to purchase time for a Boost Mobile phone with a Tulsa area number and also provided a Broken Arrow number for warranty information on the auto parts she purchased with the forged check in Gentry. She also allegedly attempted to use the victim’s Kohls card at the 11001 East 71st Street Kohl’s in Tulsa, but the card was declined.
Gentry police expect that Decatur charges for breaking into a car and stealing a purse will also be filed against Landry when she is brought back from Oklahoma.
News, Pages 1 on 11/27/2013