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Tajmir Glover, 21, of Philadelphia, is facing more than two dozen charges in connection with the investigation.
A second man has been arrested in connection with an investigation by the Upper Dublin Police Department into suspected identity theft and check fraud.
Tajmir Glover, 21, of Philadelphia, has been charged with six felony counts of identity theft, one felony count of receiving stolen property, and more than a dozen other related misdemeanor offenses, stemming from an investigation that was launched following an early morning traffic stop in the area of Bethlehem and Butler pikes on Nov. 3, 2023.
According to the criminal complaint, a gray Toyota Camry driven by Glover was pulled over for having illegal tint and its high beams activated at 1:10 a.m. Police also said DMV records indicated that the vehicle owner’s license was suspended.
A canine unit was brought to the scene, and after multiple positive alerts, the vehicle was impounded and Glover — along with the passenger, identified as 20-year-old Nicholas Macon-Flippen — were detained, police said. A search warrant was executed on the vehicle the next day, at which point police allegedly recovered seven checks belonging to various people from the front passenger seat, which was where Macon-Flippen was seated at the time of the traffic stop. A further search of the vehicle revealed additional checks, a notepad containing forged signatures and chemicals used to “wash” checks, the report states.
Multiple checks were rewritten Macon-Flippen, investigators said.
Several weeks later, while police were still investigating the alleged check fraud, they were dispatched to the Wells Fargo location along the 1600 block of North Limekiln Pike for a report of a man attempting to pass a bad check. Arriving police encountered Macon-Flippen in the parking lot and initiated a pedestrian stop, according to charging documents.
Investigators allege Macon-Flippen “washed” and rewrote a check that was initially made payable for $60.16 to the Philadelphia Water Revenue Bureau and changed it to $900 and payable to himself. Police later confirmed the check had been placed in the mail on Nov. 11, 2023, which was four days prior to the incident at Wells Fargo, the affidavit states.
Court records show Macon-Flipped was arraigned on Nov. 16, 2023 on charges related to the alleged check fraud at Wells Fargo. The remaining charges stemming from the traffic stop were filed on March 22, and Macon-Flippen was arraigned on April 19, according to court documents.
Charges against Glover were filed on May 17, however he wasn’t taken into custody until June 11, at which point he was arraigned and freed on unsecured bail. In the documents filed against Glover, police said Glover was a co-conspirator in the case.
“Tajmir Glover did conspire with a known co-conspirator, Nicholas Macon-Flippen, who was the passenger of the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop,” reads the criminal complaint.
A preliminary hearing for Glover has been scheduled for Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. in front of Magisterial District Judge Douglas Lavenberg.
A review of court records shows all charges were held over for trial at Macon-Flippen’s preliminary hearing last month, and his next court appearance is a formal arraignment at county court on June 26 at 1:30 p.m.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using court records and the affidavit of probable cause.
