The Fayette Citizen-News Page
Wednesday, December 22, 1999
Woman charged with forgery in check spree

By MONROE ROARK
Staff Writer

A Riverdale woman faces 12 forgery charges in connection with an alleged check-writing spree at the Fayette Pavilion last winter.

According to an accusation filed Monday in Fayette County Superior Court, Dedra N. Lambert of Riverdale faces ten counts of first-degree forgery and two counts of second-degree forgery.

She is accused of writing checks on the accounts of Vickie Pearson and Tiffany N. McCall, and using fake identification cards in each person's name.

The checks were written at Target, Office Depot, CVS pharmacy, K-Mart, Publix, Home Depot and Belk Jan. 19, 20 and 31. The ten checks in question total $2,156.31, court records indicate.

In unrelated incidents:

Angela Michelle Miller of Fayetteville was charged Monday with theft by taking for allegedly taking cash and lottery tickets totalling more than $500 from Flash Foods in April 1998.

Carmen T. Burgos of Riverdale was charged Thursday with financial transaction card fraud and first-degree forgery. She is alleged to have used a forged card in the name of Joyce Matters and forging Matters' name on a credit card slip at Target last April. A Target employee, Andrea Graham of Morrow, also faces a charge of financial transaction card fraud for allegedly accepting the card while knowing it was fraudulent.

Lawrence Conwin Nelson of Decatur was charged Thursday with violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act, specifically possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. This charge stems from a Sept. 17 incident. them off.


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