Auburn, Ala. - On Oct. 7, 2024, Auburn Police, with assistance from the Cartersville Police Department in Georgia and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), arrested Zavier Jishun McNeil, age 25, from Greenville, Alabama, on a warrant charging him with trafficking in stolen identities.

The arrest stems from Auburn Police receiving multiple reports involving fraudulent checks during April and May of 2023. Victims reported that they mailed checks to the intended recipients from locations in Auburn. While in transit, the checks were stolen and altered.

On May 27, 2023, Cartersville Police Department officers responded to a residence in Cartersville, Georgia. Multiple items used for identity theft, included forged checks associated with victims in Auburn, were recovered.

Zavier Jishun McNeil was developed as a suspect, and after further investigation, an arrest warrant for trafficking in stolen identities was obtained. McNeil was located and arrested by ALEA for multiple outstanding warrants from several agencies.

McNeil was incarcerated in Butler County, Alabama and on Oct. 7, 2024, he was transported to the Auburn Police Department where the warrant for trafficking in stolen identities was executed. McNeil was held at the Lee County Jail on a $30,000 bond in addition to bonds associated with charges from other police jurisdictions.

All defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.