Taricka Jahoia Henigan, 32, of Austin pleaded not guilty to two charges of felony check forgery-make or alter check and two charges of felony check forgery-offer with intent to defraud on Monday in Mower County District Court.

According to the court complaint, Henigan opened a bank account on Sept. 11 at the Austin Accentra Credit Union using a check from the TCF National Bank account of a woman in Chicago written to the value of $375. The memo line indicated it was for a “security deposit.”

She immediately withdrew $200 and was seen on surveillance footage withdrawing an additional $170 at the drive-thru later in the day.

Henigan returned the next day and deposited another check from the same account for the same amount, according to the complaint. The memo line indicated it was for the remaining balance of a “security deposit.” She immediately withdrew $350.

Accentra told police both checks came back stamped with “UNLOCATED ACCT,” according to the complaint.

The complaint states an officer investigated Henigan and found that she had an extensive criminal history and several aliases, including Taricka Brown-Henigan, Taricka J. Brown, Taricka J. Brown-Henigan, and Taricka J Brown-Henisan. He also learned she was being investigated for a similar crime by the Rochester Police Department.

The officer contacted Henigan on Oct. 9 and informed her that she was responsible for paying the deficit to Accentra, according to the complaint. She told him she thought the checks were good and would repay Accentra. She called him later in the day and asked why the police were involved in a case regarding “bounced” checks. The officer informed her that the checks did not “bounce,” but were written from an illegitimate account and that she was still responsible for repaying Accentra.

The officer contacted Accentra on Oct. 16 and was informed that Henigan had not contacted them or tried to repay the deficit, according to the complaint.

The officer contacted the person named on the check. She was a relative of Henigan whose account had been closed in November 2016 due to “fraudulent activity.” She said she believed Henigan had stolen checks while they were together at her mother’s house in February. She also said she had not given Henigan permission to use any checks.