Oops wrong address: Stolen phones sent to FBI

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 9, 2009

MONROE, La. (AP) — If you’re going to buy something with a forged cashier’s check, don’t misspell ‘‘cashier’s’’ or use an FBI office as your shipping address.

Monroe police say they arrested 44-year-old Clifton C. Wright of Memphis, Tenn., after he did both. He was held Friday on two counts of forgery and as a fugitive from justice in Georgia, where he is accused of a similar scheme.

The FBI called police Thursday after a Minnesota cell phone distributor called the bureau.

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