A North Platte woman is facing charges after she allegedly stole a checkbook from a family member.

On June 5, a citizen reported fraudulent activity on her checking account to North Platte Police.

She told Police that she had received several letters from the Lincoln County Attorney’s Office about bad checks written on her account.

She told Investigators that she had checks for the account, but had only used the debit card on the account and had never written any checks.

She then discovered the checks were missing from her residence in the 300 Block of William.

The victim turned copies of the checks over to Police and the investigation involved viewing surveillance videos from several North Platte Businesses.

Investigators determined that the checks had been written by Lori Trew.  Trew was a relative of the victim and lived in the victim’s house.

Officers determined there was probable cause to arrest Trew and charge her with Forgery and Theft by Unlawful Taking.