BROOKLYN, NY — On September 2, the New York City Police Department arrested Naazim Reyes-Craig, age 33, of Brooklyn, on a warrant from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office charging felony grand larceny and felony possession of a forged instrument.

Reyes-Craig was wanted in connection with a $6,284.33 forged check that was made out to him and allegedly deposited by him into his own account at an ATM in Brooklyn in April 2015. He then allegedly withdrew the deposited funds from an ATM near Albany.

The bogus check was drawn on the Bank of Jeffersonville. It contained a legitimate account number and routing code that belonged to Sullivan County Community College. The problem was spotted by the bank when the check cleared. The college was unaware that the account number was being used on the phony check and did not lose any money.

Deputies traveled to the Bronx Friday night to bring Reyes-Craig back to Sullivan County. He had been arrested during a domestic dispute for violating an order of protection. Reyes-Craig was arraigned before Fallsburg Judge Robert Scheinman on Saturday and sent to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Sheriff Mike Schiff praised the work of detective Cyrus Barnes, who investigated the case for more than a year.