Man arrested for Forgery, Theft, and ID Theft

A Fraud and Loss Prevention specialist at Oregon Community Credit Union, who is also a retired EPD financial crimes detective after a 25-year career, contacted an EPD detective with a report of a fraud he detected and investigated. The EPD Financial Crimes detective followed up and during his investigation developed probable cause that Carter Lee Grossman, age 28, had deposited fraudulent checks at the bank including two separate checks from a local church, and then withdrawn money from the bank before it was found to be fraudulent, and used identity thefts to accomplish this.

The detective issued a warrant for Grossman. Grossman was discovered by Springfield Police walking on Chapman around 12:23 a.m. on August 14. They contacted him at 52^nd Avenue and B Street and took him into custody on an Oregon State Parole Violation. He was transported to Lane County Jail and lodged on two counts of Identity Theft, four counts of Forgery, and Theft in the First Degree for case 24-10116. He also has two counts of Identity Theft, Forgery, and Theft in the First Degree in case 24-05530.

Grossman was subject to a warrant for an incident at Walmart, 1040 Green Acres Road, on August 7. The store used the My PD Connect to report the theft and the EPD Financial Crimes detective spotted the likeness to Grossman. He was charged with Theft in the Second Degree - from Building. Case 24-11694