Chicago man charged with trying to pass fake checks

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. — Anne Arundel County police have charged a Chicago man with forgery and theft after they say officers found false checks and counterfeiting equipment in a hotel room.

Police went to a Linthicum Heights motel early Saturday after receiving a report that a man — later identified as Victor Kimble, 29 — was trying to pass counterfeit checks.

Officers say they found computers, document paper, false checks, printers and printer cartridges in the hotel rook. Police say they also found several Bank of America forged checks that were made out in amounts of hundreds of dollars.