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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