Two College

Park men were arrested last Tuesday after passing forged checks at the

Peachtree City Wal-Mart, police said.

Both Michael

Angelo Gibson, 39, and Monte West, 40, used forged checks and fake IDs

to purchase goods at Wal-Mart, according to warrants for their arrest.

Gibson was

charged with felony counts of forgery in the first degree, financial identity

fraud, obstruction of a police officer, possession of cocaine and possession

of a knife during the commission of a crime; he was also charged with

a misdemeanor count of theft by taking. Officers found a knife within

arm's reach of Gibson when his vehicle was pulled over, police said.

West was charged

with three felony counts of financial identity fraud and one count each

of theft by taking, forgery in the first degree and giving a false name

and date of birth to a police officer.

Police Chief

James Murray credited the Wal-Mart cashier for noticing that fake IDs

were used and that the checks' numbers had been altered, he said.