ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County woman is living an identity theft victim's nightmare. She's been to jail and court several times just to clear her name and she's still facing check fraud charges in two counties.

"I was stuck. There was nothing I could do," victim Rose Jackson told Eyewitness News.

Rose said she had little choice but to wait for months in jail for the first of four trials on forgery and grand theft charges. Her name started showing up on bogus checks after her purse was stolen two years ago. She wishes she had filed a police report immediately, because now she says no one believes the mother of two was a victim of identity theft.

"You know, they don't care, because everybody in jail says, 'It wasn't me. I didn't do it,'" she said.

Rose said bonding out in one county wouldn't work, because she was wanted in four different counties.

It all started at a St. Cloud supermarket where someone cashed a phony payroll check with Rose Jackson's full name on it. Rose says she has no idea who might have cashed the check, not just there but in Polk, Highlands and Hernando counties as well.

Rose had to hear from her children by mail as she awaited two trials. Both times, judges found she was not the woman who created or cashed the fake checks.

Rose is out on bond now, waiting for two more trials and finding it is nearly impossible to clear her name in the face of mounting charges in counties all around the state.

"You have no idea how it feels to continually go to jail for something you didn't do," Rose said.

Experts recommend anyone who's lost a wallet or purse to immediately file a police report and then tell police again if you believe you're a victim of identity theft and keep all paperwork with you at all times.