Jamar D. Beach

WARSAW — Police have arrested a 28-year-old from Chicago, Ill., on two counts of fraud on a financial institution, a level 5 felony. Jamar D. Beach, 6053 S. Winchester, Chicago, Ill., was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 29.

Beach is being held on $10,000 surety, $250 cash bond.

Charges were filed on Aug. 31, against Beach, after client protection services with Lake City Bank contacted the sheriff’s department on Aug. 15. According to the manager of that department, Beach attempted twice on Aug. 14 to obtain a $820 cash advance using a fraudulent VISA card. Both times the transaction failed to go through.

According to court documents Beach left the bank in a 2001 Lincoln navigator used by another individual two weeks prior.

Kevin Phillips, who is still wanted on a warrant, used a fake credit card with stolen numbers to receive a cash advance of $825 on July 29, and used a different credit card with stolen numbers the same day to receive an additional $825.

In both instances police utilized information to obtain photos of the two individuals to confirm Phillips and Beach were the same individuals in the bank surveillance videos.