The Long Beach Township Police Department is currently investigating multiple reports of check fraud within the township as well as Barnegat Light, which the department patrols. According to police, the earliest reported incident was in May 2021.

“The reported incidents involved fraudulent checks being cashed by the actor(s) involved,” the department noted on its website, lbtpd.org, and in a Facebook post from Saturday, Feb. 12. “Those checks contained account information from local businesses.”