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Police: Men forced women into fraud
By SHANNON MURPHY
Times Herald
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Two men from Detroit forced three Port Huron women to cash more than $25,000 in fraudulent checks by threatening the women's children, Port Huron police said.
Detective Scott Pike said David Lerone Williams, 26, of Detroit and a friend forced the women to cash checks made out in the women's names.
Williams was arraigned Tu
sday on a charge of conspiracy to pass bad checks. He was in the St. Clair County Jail in Port Huron on a $7,500 bond. His next court appearance is not known.
Police are not releasing the names
of the women and are searching for Williams' friend, whom police believ
e also is from Detroit, Pike said.
Pike gave this account:
One of the women befriended Williams while he was in prison on a drug offense. He was released from prison June 9. On June 11, Williams and his friend showed up at the women's home. The next morning, Williams and the friend came back to Port Huron with checks made out to the women and told them to cash them.
"The girls said no," Pike said. "But the friend threatened their children."
On Saturday, the group visited eight banks and four party stores -- in Port Huron, Port Huron Township, Fort Gratiot and Marysville -- depositing some of the money into accounts and cashing the rest, Pike said.
On Monday, the women w
ere taken to the Bank One branch on Fort Street in Port Huron with a $9,000 check. Pike said the women told the teller the check was fraudulent and they were being forced to cash it. The teller
cal
led police and did not cash the check.
The women called police later and informed them of when Williams would
be returning to Port Huron, Pike said. Police then went to the women's home and arrested him.
Police believe the money, which has not been recovered, was taken back to Detroit. Pike said he is working with the St. Clair County Sheriff Department to get information from the other banks and stores where the women cashed checks. He said there are no plans to charge the three women.
http://www.thetimesherald.com/news/stories...ews/670440.html
Police: Men forced women into fraud
By SHANNON MURPHY
Times Herald
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two men from Detroit forced three Port Huron women to cash more than $25,000 in fraudulent checks by threatening the women's children, Port Huron police said.
Detective Scott Pike said David Lerone Williams, 26, of Detroit and a friend forced the women to cash checks made out in the women's names.
Williams was arraigned Tu
sday on a charge of conspiracy to pass bad checks. He was in the St. Clair County Jail in Port Huron on a $7,500 bond. His next court appearance is not known.
Police are not releasing the names
of the women and are searching for Williams' friend, whom police believ
e also is from Detroit, Pike said.
Pike gave this account:
One of the women befriended Williams while he was in prison on a drug offense. He was released from prison June 9. On June 11, Williams and his friend showed up at the women's home. The next morning, Williams and the friend came back to Port Huron with checks made out to the women and told them to cash them.
"The girls said no," Pike said. "But the friend threatened their children."
On Saturday, the group visited eight banks and four party stores -- in Port Huron, Port Huron Township, Fort Gratiot and Marysville -- depositing some of the money into accounts and cashing the rest, Pike said.
On Monday, the women w
ere taken to the Bank One branch on Fort Street in Port Huron with a $9,000 check. Pike said the women told the teller the check was fraudulent and they were being forced to cash it. The teller
cal
led police and did not cash the check.
The women called police later and informed them of when Williams would
be returning to Port Huron, Pike said. Police then went to the women's home and arrested him.
Police believe the money, which has not been recovered, was taken back to Detroit. Pike said he is working with the St. Clair County Sheriff Department to get information from the other banks and stores where the women cashed checks. He said there are no plans to charge the three women.