By Aria Jones
A Houston woman has been arrested on accusations of stealing numerous checks from churches in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Flower Mound police said.
Flower Mound police said they received multiple reports of mail theft and check forgeries between Nov. 2 and Nov. 10 and identified 30-year-old Graciela Carolina Munoz Paz as a suspect.
Authorities saw her at a Flower Mound church Nov. 17. and initiated a traffic stop, where they discovered she was in possession of checks made out to multiple churches, police said. Munoz was not named on any of the accounts, police said.
Munoz was booked into the Denton County jail Nov. 18 on charges of mail theft, forgery of a governmental instrument and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. It is unclear whether she has an attorney.
A follow-up investigation has since linked her to more 50 mail thefts in North Texas, police said Saturday.
Munoz remained in custody Saturday. Her bail was set at $37,500, and she is also being detained on an immigration hold.
Police said the case was forwarded to the United States Postal Inspection Service for further investigation.
