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Deputies: Woman buys four vehicles with bad checks
Utility vehicle, stolen bicycle also found at suspect's home
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Property that the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office says was acquired by a local woman through fraudulent means includes this Polaris utility vehicle, 2015 Cadillac car and 2016 Ford truck. Chief Deputy Jared Akins says these, along with a 2016 Ford Expedition, another 2016 Ford truck and a bicycle recently reported stolen, have been returned to their rightful owners. - photo by BULLOCH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE/special
A Statesboro woman defrauded a local auto dealership with tales of riches, paying for four new vehicles with personal checks - all of which were no good, said Bulloch County sheriff's Chief Deputy Jared Akins. Barbara Shannette Chest, 49, of Westbrooke Drive, was jailed Saturday on charges of felony theft by deception and obstruction, but more charges are pending, he said. Investigators later learned Chest "was found to be wanted out of Laurens County, Georgia, for theft by deception, and to have a multistate criminal history of fraud."
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