A Twentynine Palms man was arrested Saturday afternoon after he tried to cash a stolen check. According to a Sheriff’s report, Paul Maki, 35, was trying to cash a forged check for $400 at a business in the 55900 block of Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley, when the clerk became suspicious and called police. Dispatchers could hear a man in the background asking for his check back. Paul Maki was arrested for investigation of possessing a forged check and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail with his bail set at $25,000.
