European tourists charged with forgery, theft

One week after they were busted as they tried to cash some stolen Traveler’s Checks, a battery of charges has been laid against two foreign visitors. Thirty-nine year old Italian Karlheinz Gatsher and his thirty-six year old companion Maria Elena Sanz Rodriguez of Spain, have been charged with forgery, uttering a forged document, going equipped and conspiracy to commit theft. The two were arrested on September eighth, after the Traveler’s Checks they were attempting to cash were identified as being stolen in Colombia. When they were detained last week, a number of forged documents were found in their possession, including a Belize entry stamp.