San Jose Police Department

Suspect: Joe Gomez

Alias: Lewis Crane
Height: 58 59
Weight: 140 150 pounds
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Caucasian

CHAPTER 4. Forgery and Counterfeiting [470 - 483.5]

( Chapter 4 enacted 1872. )

474.
Every person who knowingly and willfully sends by telegraph or telephone to any person a false or
forged message, purporting to be from a telegraph or telephone office, or from any other person, or
who willfully delivers or causes to be delivered to any person any such message falsely purporting to
have been received by telegraph or telephone, or who furnishes, or conspires to furnish, or causes to
be furnished to any agent, operator, or employee, to be sent by telegraph or telephone, or to be
delivered, any such message, knowing the same to be false or forged, with the intent to deceive,
injure, or defraud another, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or
by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by a fine not exceeding ten
thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 361. Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec.
636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

CHAPTER 4. Forgery and Counterfeiting [470 - 483.5]

( Chapter 4 enacted 1872. )

475.
(a) Every person who possesses or receives, with the intent to pass or facilitate the passage or
utterance of any forged, altered, or counterfeit items, or completed items contained in subdivision (d)
of Section 470 with intent to defraud, knowing the same to be forged, altered, or counterfeit, is guilty
of forgery.
(b) Every person who possesses any blank or unfinished check, note, bank bill, money order, or
travelers check, whether real or fictitious, with the intention of completing the same or the intention
of facilitating the completion of the same, in order to defraud any person, is guilty of forgery.
(c) Every person who possesses any completed check, money order, travelers check, warrant or
county order, whether real or fictitious, with the intent to utter or pass or facilitate the utterance or
passage of the same, in order to defraud any person, is guilty of forgery.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 468, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)

Because the nature of check fraud amounts to forgery under California Penal Code Section 470,
the penalties for violating check fraud laws involve the penalties for forgery. Depending on the
circumstances of your case, check fraud can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony. A
misdemeanor check fraud conviction is punishable by up to one year in county jail. A felony
conviction is punishable by up to three years in county jail.
Crime: Fraud in the amount of $1,210
Location: Grocery Outlet 272 E Santa Clara St. San Jose, CA 95113

Chronological description: Victim placed an ad on Craigslist to sell Coachella tickets. Party responded from e-
mail lakersfanatic2012@gmail.com # 510 270 - 0411 stated interest in purchasing these tickets. Victim
confirmed time / location & price, interested party provided phone number 510 270 0411. Victim confirmed over
the phone with interested party. Joe submitted payment on April 2, 2017 Sunday at 11:05 AM. Victim drove to
San Jose & met with suspect, gave tickets to Joe. Joe stated he had never been before and he and his wife
were going for the first time. Joe stood on the left side of the store, wore white t-shirt, black jeans.

All e-mail, text & other correspondence included and available.