Police have

caught a man who they say dressed as a woman while writing over $11,000

in fake checks to stores in the city.

Damian Anthony

Mills, 32, has been charged with eight counts of forgery. He was arrested

at an apartment in Lithonia last week, and police recovered most of the

items that were taken from several stores in Peachtree City, said Peachtree

City Police Chief James Murray.

The items,

which included antique furniture and paintings, were found stored in a

U-Haul truck that was located near Mills' apartment, Murray said. Peachtree

City Police executed the search warrant with assistance from DeKalb county

officials.

Mills would

dress as a woman, wearing a wig, while passing phony checks in local stores,

police said.

Mills was released

from jail in December after serving a year and a half on fraud charges,

Murray noted. Mills was originally sentenced to five years in prison,

Murray said.

Mills had 33

different aliases and used checks that were printed with the bank account

numbers of wealthy people, Murray said.

The arrest

might break similar cases in other jurisdictions, the chief added.

"We have

had inquiries from seven different states on this individual," Murray

said.

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