November 5, 2026 9:20 a.m. 

Roseburg Police jailed a man in a check fraud case on Wednesday afternoon.

An RPD report said detectives had developed 44-year-old Dee Thomas as a suspect in the case originating in Myrtle Point. Multiple checks had been reportedly stolen, forged, and passed at various locations in Roseburg. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies contacted Thomas in Myrtle Creek on an unrelated matter and were notified of the case.

Deputies took Thomas into custody at 3:00 p.m. and transported him to corrections. He was booked and charged with first degree counts of forgery, theft and criminal possession of a forged instrument, second-degree computer crime, and identity theft. Thomas was detained without bail.