Homewood police apprehended a Bellwood man Friday, June 3, after he allegedly presented a fraudulent check to a teller at a bank on Dixie Highway.

Brandon Byrd, 30, has been charged with felony forgery, deceptive practices, resisting a peace officer and unlawful possession of cannabis, according to a Homewood police report.

Byrd presented the check to a teller at First Midwest Bank shortly after 4:30 p.m. When he realized bank staff had alerted police, he fled on foot, police said.

He was located in a nearby vacant house on Gottschalk Avenue.