Sheriff’s officials in Brown County say identity thieves from outside the state may be breaking into cars and stealing from bank accounts.
Officials say a woman took $13,000 out of four Nicolet National Bank branches in Green Bay, Bellevue, Howard and Suamico.
They think she used checks stolen from car break-ins outside a Kaukauna health club and in Mequon in southeastern Wisconsin.
The loosely organized crime ring may be connected to similar crimes in Appleton, Fond du Lac, Grand Chute and Janesville.




