June 23, 2006

How not to pay a bar tab

From the Statesboro (Georgia) Herald:
Suspect arrested for check forgery
Man tries to use bartender’s checks to buy drinks

A man found a checkbook at a local bar Friday night and decided to use the checks to pay for drinks he bought, police said. What he didn’t know was the checkbook’s owner was the bartender.

Statesboro Police Capt. L. C. Williams said officers were called to Dingus Magee’s around 1:10 a.m. Saturday morning to meet with a bartender who said a customer was forging checks from a checkbook he lost earlier.

Another on-duty bartender noticed the customer, Jody Brian Minor, 21, McRae, was signing checks belonging to the victim in order to pay for his beverages, Williams said. The witness informed the victim, who then called police.

Statesboro Det. Terry Briley arrived to investigate and “identified the intoxicated (offender) as ... Minor,” Williams said.

Minor “was found to have in his possession the remainder of the book of checks belonging” to the victim, he said.

Minor was arrested, charged with theft of lost or mislaid property, theft by deception and three counts of first degree forgery, which is a felony offense, he said.

He was taken to the Bulloch County Jail to await bond, he said.
Heh... Posted by DaveH at June 23, 2006 8:54 PM