A local woman was indicted on several charges including writing a cold check, stealing property worth more than $300 and being a persistent felony offender.
Christie Cunningham, 28, sent an e-mail to her landlord, posing as her father, saying he would pay rent, Commonwealth's Attorney Larry Cleveland said.
Cunningham then created a bank account from which she wrote a cold check, bearing the forged signature of her father, Cleveland said.
Additionally, Cleveland said Cunningham, whom he said was from Frankfort, stole an electric meter from another residence and switched it with her own in order to deceive the meter reader.
"She's a very imaginative and industrious person," Cleveland said. "If she would apply herself to legitimate stuff, she would be quite successful."
More indictments returned Wednesday by a Franklin County grand jury:
>Patricia Neace, 30, 1006 Prince Hall Village, theft by deception over $300 and criminal possession of a forged instrument.
Neace wrote a $4,000 cold check to Crossroads Ford, Cleveland said. She then got and altered a deposit ticket on the account of Franklin County Attorney Ricky E. Sparks to make the dealership think she had paid, Cleveland said.
>Raymond Roberts, 2B Locust Lane, first-degree criminal mischief. Cleveland said Roberts entered an incorrect password at an ATM machine, causing it to lock. Roberts destroyed the machine, causing more than $1,000 damage, the indictment said. Roberts withdrew the remaining funds from his account the next morning, Cleveland said, then disappeared.