On November 25, 2025, Fridley Police Officers responded to a fraud report at [ADDRESS REDACTED]east, Fridley, Anoka County. Officers spoke with the reporting party O. A., who stated that he was notified on November 25, 2025, by Altra Credit Union, that someone had attempted to cash two checks that appeared to be fraudulent. O. A. Stated that he did not issue any checks and the person attempting to cash those checks would be doing so without O. A.'s permission. O. A. Then reviewed his bank account for his business and found 18 checks had been cashed.
O. A. Was still in possession of the physical checks in his office and they would have had to have been copied or fraudulently created. The checks were deposited into Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union or Altra Federal Credit Union on November 21, 2025, and November 24, 2025, resulting in $6,574.98 in loss. The checks were cashed to a K. T., D. A., N. D., and C. W. O. A. Did not know any of these individuals. Checks 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817 and 1824 were made payable to a C. W. For $500.00 for a total of $3,500.00. All checks were cashed by Affinity Plus Federal Credit union on November 24, 2025. Checks 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, and 1805 were made payable to N. D. Checks 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804 were for $225.00 and 1805, was for $275.00 for a total of $1,175.00. All checks were cashed by Altra Plus Federal Credit union on November 22, 2025. Checks 1791, 1795, 1796, 1979 were made payable to D. A. For $225.00 for a total of $900.00. All checks were cashed by Altra Plus Federal Credit union on November 22, 2025. Checks 1778, 1777 were made payable to K. T. For $499.99 for a total of $999.98. All checks were cashed by Affinity Plus Federal Credit union on November 21, 2025. A search warrant from Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union showed bank records for C. W. And K. T. CCTV footage from the ATM at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union at [ADDRESS REDACTED] N, New Hope, Hennepin County, showed the suspect depositing checks on November 20, 2025. The suspect was later identified as DONNELLE DION WILLIAMS, Defendant herein.
The CCTV footage did not show who deposited the 18 checks that belonged to O. A. The CCTV footage captured the Defendant depositing other fraudulent checks into two of the same four accounts during the same time period. The Defendant was driving a 2012 Audi A7 with MN Plate 6CP114 on November 20, 2025. The Defendant deposited a check from Maki Painting & Painting LLC, Check 1602 for $1000.00 to K. T.’ s account and then withdrew $500.00 in cash from the same account. The next day on November 21, 2025, the Defendant returned in a white Nissan Altima, MN Plate SCR015, which matched from another ATM incident at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union in Minneapolis.
The Defendant deposited Check 1601 from Maki Painting & Painting LLC into K. T.’s account and then 3 ••-CR-••-•••• Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 5/19/2026 withdrew $500.00 and $275.00 in cash. On November 22, 2025, at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union at [ADDRESS REDACTED] Southeast, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, the same white Nissan Altima from the day prior, with what appeared to be the Defendant, whose face was partially blocked by the car visor, deposited another $1000.00 Check 1604 from Maki Painting & Painting LLC into C. W.’s account.
