A 36-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of multiple crimes including forgery, theft, obstruction and drug possession after trying to pass a fraudulent check at a northwest Lawrence hardware store, police said.

Jennelle Rae Pickens is in jail on a $5,250 bond after being arrested at 5:20 p.m. Monday. Officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Kasold Drive, where a Westlake Ace Hardware manager told police a shopper tried to pay with a check that didn’t process, according to Kim Murphree, a Lawrence Police spokeswoman.

Murphree said that while the manager contacted the bank from which the check was issued, Pickens and another woman left the store pushing one of its shopping carts. Officers determined the check did not belong to Pickens and police also found on her other checks and cards not belonging to Pickens, Murphree said. Before Pickens’ arrest, Murphree said, police also recovered narcotics.