Woman charged with forgery, ID theft at Arlington Heights bank

A Chicago woman faces felony charges of forgery and identity theft after she admitted in writing to using another person’s name and false identification cards to try to withdraw $2,500 from an Arlington Heights bank, authorities said Saturday at a bond hearing at the Cook County courthouse in Rolling Meadows.

On Friday, Delores Common, 45, entered PNC Bank at 19 W. Golf Road in Arlington Heights, filled out a withdrawal form using the name and account number of another woman and signed that woman’s name, Assistant State’s Attorney Robin Murphy said.

Common presented a false Washington, D.C., driver’s license with the victim’s actual name and date of birth along with a credit card in the victim’s name. Bank employees became suspicious and called police, who then took a written statement from Common admitting to forgery and identity theft, Murphy said.

Judge Joel Greenblatt set Common’s bond at $5,000, and scheduled her to appear in court Oct. 3.

She previously was convicted of misdemeanor prostitution in 2007 and 1998; she served 18 months probation for a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance in 1998; and she served five days in prison in 2006 for criminal trespass, Murphy said.