ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Two men from Rochester have been arrested and charged following a forged check investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

According to MCSO, 28-year-old Giovanni Newport-Beasley and 30-year-old Tyshon D. McCullough were arrested during an ongoing investigation by the Economic Crimes Unit into stolen and forged checks that had been cashed at a local bank, reportedly totaling $2,740.

Search warrants were executed by deputies on Union Square in Chili and Sherman Street in Rochester, during which investigators seized an illegal Springfield 9mm handgun with an extended 16-round magazine, "new in the box" items said to be likely stolen from local retail outlets, as well as evidence and items reportedly used to "make" and "wash" checks.

Both men, described by

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