VIRGINIA BEACH --  A counterfeit check ring is targeting one grocery store chain and getting away with thousands of dollars of cash.

The arrest of a man using fake checks at the Harris Teeter store in Norfolk may be the break they need to break the ring in Va. Beach.

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In early July, suspects walk into the Harris Teeter at the Oceanfront and cashed a check for about $500.

Since that time, phony checks have turned up at Harris Teeter on Va. Beach Blvd., Plaza Trail and the new Ferrell Parkway store.

They got as much as $4,000 from each store.

Police say they may be cashing fake checks at other businesses, but they only know about Harris Teeter cases so far.

41-year-old Joe Whitehead is charged with cashing a fake check at Gateway Bank in Ghent in Norfolk.

Police say he’s a suspect in the Harris Teeter investigation.