Heath Griffin

An Anderson man remained jailed Tuesday in Limestone County after investigators found him with stolen checks, documents containing identities of multiple victims and equipment to produce counterfeit checks, an official said.

Heath Allen Griffin, 35, of 8802 Hickory Ridge Road, is charged with trafficking in stolen identities and possession of a forgery device, said Deputy Stephen Young, public information officer with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office.

Griffin remained in the Limestone County Jail Tuesday afternoon with bond set at $7,500.

While working a burglary case in which several checkbooks were stolen, investigators developed Griffin as a suspect, Young said in a press release. When they contacted him at his residence, they observed Griffin standing in the yard with two checkbooks sticking out of his coat pocket. Investigators asked Griffin about the checkbooks and he handed them the books, which were confirmed to be stolen from the burglary victim, Young said.

Griffin led investigators to several boxes of documents, computers, and a packet of blank checks. They discovered that Griffin had allegedly been producing counterfeit checks with the equipment he possessed. The documents also contained the identities of many victims, including the burglary victims, Young said. Griffin was arrested on probable cause.