Bad check

Amended

misdemeanor bad check

MISDEMEANOR

Pled guilty

IN 1984 or 1985 I PURCHASED A SURFBOARD FROM THE FAIRFAX SURF SHOP IN FAIRFAX, VA BY WRITING A CHECK FOR BETWEEN $200 AND $300. AFTER I PURCHASED THE SURFBOARD I MOVED, AND CHANGED BANKS. DURING THIS TIME, THE CHECK I WROTE FOR THE SURFBOARD BOUNCED, AND THE MERCHANT AND MY OLD BANK ATTEMPTED TO NOTIFY ME, BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE MY NEW ADDRESS. I HAD NO INTENTION OF WRITING A BAD CHECK, AND THIS RESULTED FROM ME NOT BEING DILIGENT ENOUGH IN BALANCING MY CHECKBOOK, AND THE MERCHANT AND MY BANK NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH ME. EVENTUALLY, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE BAD CHECK BECAUSE I WAS SUBPOENAED TO APPEAR IN COURT TO FACE THE CHARGES, WHICH WERE FELONY CHARGES BECAUSE THE CHECK WAS WRITTEN FOR AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN $200. IN COURT I TOLD MY END OF THE STORY, AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT I HAD NO INTENT OF WRITING A BAD CHECK. I HAD NO PRIOR RECORD WHATSOEVER SO I PAID FOR THE SURFBOARD AND APOLOGIZED.