August 21, 1998
Burglaries and thefts reported * At least five business checks valued together on a police report at $1,215 were forged and cashed between 7 a.m. July 16 and 10 a.m. July 28. The checks were from the Yellow House, 1904 Mass. They were cashed at Commerce Bank, 647 Mass., police reported. The thefts were reported Aug. 7 and made public by police Thursday.



http://www2.ljworld.com/news/1998/aug/22/check_thefts_plague_local/

Since then, about $5,300 in checks, most of them written at Dillons, 3000 W. Sixth,