MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida man, Andy Javar Salas-Martinez, 24, of Miami, was arrested on Christmas Eve in Miami-Dade County on charges related to fraudulent checks and identity theft. Salas-Martinez was wanted by Central Bucks Regional Police for allegedly forging and cashing over $16,000 in fraudulent checks in New Britain Borough, Pennsylvania, in October.
Authorities in Central Bucks had charged Salas-Martinez with three felony counts of forgery, theft, and identity theft, as well as three misdemeanor charges related to writing bad checks. Salas-Martinez, along with Gisela Rosalin Crichlow, 25, of Miami, allegedly forged and cashed four fraudulent checks from the account of a victim in Hialeah and Miami, totaling $16,500.
On December 24, Salas-Martinez was arrested by Miami-Dade police on similar charges stemming from a fraudulent check incident at a TD Bank in Coral Gables, Florida. During this incident, he allegedly scammed a young couple’s bank account and used their phone number in the crime. Reports suggest that while Salas-Martinez was at the bank, the male victim called his wife, but a strange woman answered the phone call instead.
Salas-Martinez faces charges of possession of personal identification for fraudulent use, grand theft, forging a check, and resisting an officer without violence. He has an $8,000 bond and remains in custody.
Gisela Rosalin Crichlow remains at-large and is also facing felony charges including forgery, theft by deception, identity theft, receiving stolen property, and writing bad checks.
Both Salas-Martinez and Crichlow are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The case is ongoing, and authorities continue their investigation into the suspects’ activities across multiple jurisdictions.
