NEWS
By KRIS ANTONELLI and KRIS ANTONELLI,SUN STAFF | October 11, 1995
Don't write a bad check in Anne Arundel County.The state's attorney's Bad Check Unit is up and running and ready to prosecute anyone who writes a bad check, no matter how small the amount.The county will spend about $51,720 in salaries and benefits for a law clerk, secretary and office equipment. The program, which started Oct. 1, could generate about $200,000 a year from bad-check scofflaws and about $20,000 in service fees from their victims, said Frank Weathersbee, county state's attorney.
NEWS
December 17, 1999
A Hampstead man and woman accused of passing bad checks were arrested yesterday after police raided a home in the 3900 block of Shiloh Ave. and seized items related to checks previously reported stolen in the town, court records show.Charged with forgery, cashing bad checks, theft under $300 and related conspiracy counts were Phillip D. Wickline, 19, of the Shiloh Avenue address and Gabrielle D. Delaney, 19, of Sunset Drive.Police said suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found in the raid at 10 a.m. They also charged Wickline and Delaney with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
NEWS
By John-John Williams IV and John-John Williams IV,john-john.williams@baltsun.com | August 16, 2009
The Howard County School System has implemented a new program to collect on insufficient-funds checks. On Aug. 1, the school system started using the Federal Automated Recovery Systems for the electronic collection of checks. Officials said the new system will allow for a higher rate of recovery at no additional cost to the school system. The school system receives more than 800 insufficient-funds checks each year, according to Howard County officials. The process of collecting the checks is an "arduous task," according to Beverly Davis, the school system's director of finance.
NEWS
By Darren M. Allen and Darren M. Allen,Staff Writer | October 21, 1992
When William D. Hipp bought a used lawn tractor last year with a bad check, he probably didn't expect to buy 10 years in the slammer.After all, Hipp, of the 3000 block of Lineboro Drive in Manchester, had been charged with passing bad checks at least 30 times since 1971 and had served little jail time.But yesterday, Circuit Judge Raymond E. Beck Sr. sentenced the 45-year-old to 10 years in state prison. Actually, Hipp will serve a maximum of five years behind bars, because Judge Beck suspended five years of the sentence.
NEWS
By ASSOCAITED PRESS | November 15, 1991
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nervous House members must wait at least through January to learn the outcome of an ethics investigation into rubber check-writing at the chamber's bank.Rep. Matthew F. McHugh, D-N.Y., who is heading the investigation, said in a floor speech yesterday that information on individual members' accounts "is not easily accessible and will take time to compile."But he added that the General Accounting Office, which is assisting the House ethics committee, has assured the panel "it will be able to provide all the necessary information by the end of January 1992."
NEWS
March 1, 1996
A Westminster woman will spend at least two years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday yesterday to passing more than $2,750 in bad checks to local merchants last summer.Mary Katherine Reardon, 25, of Main Street also pleaded guilty to stealing more than $3,800 from her mother's accounts at Taneytown Bank and Trust. In addition, she pleaded guilty to pouring charcoal lighter fluid over an acquaintance's car last summer.In exchange for the guilty pleas, prosecutors dropped the remaining charges from a total of 16 cases against Reardon on Wednesday.