The second of three suspects wanted in an alleged scam that involved stealing blank checks from residents of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda and cashing them for thousands of dollars has been arrested, police said Thursday.
John Coley Hatcher, 34, was arrested Aug. 30 near his Panorama City home, authorities said. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine counts of forgery and was being held at Men's Central Jail in lieu of $1.2-million bail.
Last month, Agustina Figueroa, a nurse's aide at the home, pleaded no contest to burglary and was sentenced to two years in state prison, said Deputy. Dist. Atty. William J. Ryder. A judge also ordered the 24-year-old North Hollywood resident to pay $11,890 in restitution.
An arrest warrant has been issued for the third suspect, Francinete Nunez, 32, of Sylmar. She faces 13 counts of forgery.