The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Kansas law enforcement are asking for assistance in locating Robert Helms.

Helms is suspected of passing himself off as a law enforcement officer, including using a false badge, throughout the state of Kansas while cashing phony payroll checks and issuing bad checks to purchase items.

Information indicates Helms has recently been in western Kansas, including Scott city and Russell on February 1st, 2013. Helms has targeted Alco and similar stores in smaller communities including Pratt and Lyons.

Helms is 45-years-old, stands 5’7″, weighs 190-pounds with blue eyes. He has short gray hair, is known to wear round glasses and looks older than his age.

He has recently been seen driving a maroon, possibly Chrysler or Dodge, minivan.

As always, the suspect is presumed innocent of all charges.