San Bernardino Deed Theft Suspect Nabbed In Georgia

In San Bernardino County, California, the county district attorney's office recently announced:

• [H]oward Jerome Edwards was arrested by the Henry County Police Department at his residence in Locust Grove, Georgia. Edwards was arrested on the outstanding felony warrant that included charges of forgery, identity theft, and filing forged documents with the San Bernardino County Recorder’s Office.

According to the DA's office press release, Edwards and co-defendant John Foster, 50, of Riverside, forged the victim's signature on a Grant Deed and Deeds of Trust for property located in Fontana. Subsequently, Edwards and Foster sold the Fontana residence for $675,000.

Source: Man Arrested in Georgia on Real Estate Fraud Charges.