SALINE CO.— The theft report out of Saline County this issue, although shorter than in months past, features unique charges to say the least.
Counterfeit $100 bill
An Eldorado convicted felon gets probation for forging United States currency.
Michael Edward Lore, Jr., 27, of 1341 Locust St., Eldorado, was found guilty August 17 of Forgery after he delivered to Heather Stacey one counterfeit $100 bill, knowing the bill to be a forgery.
Junior was convicted of felony Theft May 30, 2008 for which he was sentenced to probation for 18 months, and ordered to pay $774 in fines and fees.
Lore earned himself a stint in the Illinois Department of Corrections for four and a half years when he was found guilty on December 14, 2011 of Arson.
He was also ordered in that case to pay $1,696.50 in fines and fees, of which he has paid nothing.
At the time of his arrest, following a pair of Domestic Battery convictions, Lore was serving a March 16, 2017 sentencing of 150 days in the county jail, probation for 30 months and $112.25 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $62.25.
In the wake of his conviction for the phony $100 bill, Lore was sentenced to probation in 30 months and ordered to pay $4,021 in fines and fees; presumably he won’t be paying that in $100 bills.
Stolen dog
Thomas Michael Newell, 26, of 407 North Main St., Carrier Mills, has been charged with felony Theft after authorities say on June 26 he stole a Siberian Husky dog belonging to Hunter L. Puryear.
Newell is a convicted felon from Pulaski County where he was convicted May 13, 2009 of felony Theft for which he was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for two years and ordered to pay $685 in fines and fees, of which he has paid nothing.
He was sentenced out of Pulaski County to IDOC for another seven years October 24, 2011 following a conviction for Vehicular Hijacking and Theft From School/ Place of Worship.
He also has not paid the first dime of the $1,255 in fines and fees he was ordered to pay in that case.
Newell was released from Saline police custody July 76 after a $500 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Khiya Charlene Gregory, 42, also of 407 North Main St., Carrier Mills.
Lied about identity, found with pills
A Clarksville, Tenn., woman, charged last issue with Retail Theft of Motor Fuel Over $150, has now been charged with a drug offense and Obstruction of Justice.
Last issue Sandy R. Harris, 41, of 1215 Windchase Dr., Clarksville, Tenn., was shown to have allegedly between April 21 and June 28, 2017 Harris knowingly carried away, from Mach 1, located at 44 North Commercial St., Harrisburg, over a period of one year motor fuel valued in excess of $150.
When she was taken into custody, Harris was charged further with felony Obstruction of Justice after police say, on July 24 she lied to officer Nathan Ward, telling him her name was Valerie D. Harris with a birthdate of November 24, 1974.
Harris was also found to have on her person an amount of Darvocet, commonly used for pain relief, earning her an additional count of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (prescription medication).
Harris was released from police custody after the posting of a $2,5000 cash bond.
Smokin’
Kyle D. Beaumont, 18, of Elizabethtown, has been charged with felony Retail Theft after authorities say on July 23 he walked out of the Harrisburg Walmart, located at 710 South Commercial St., Harrisburg with 53 packs of cigarettes without bothering to pay for them.
Beaumont was released from police custody after a $1,000 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Roy Mathews, also of Elizabethtown.
$500 worth of stuff taken
Jaylen Tyrick Godsey, 19, of 100 East Walnut St., Harrisburg, and Dashawn A. L. Turner, 24, of 816 High St., Eldorado, have been charged with felony Residential Burglary and felony Theft after authorities say on August 3 they knowingly entered the home of Kaylan Rockett, located at 200 South Marsh St., Apt. 5B, and made off with miscellaneous items valued in excess of $500.
On his affidavit of assets and liabilities the unemployed, single Turner listed ‘two’ on the line asking for number of children.
The unemployed, single Jaylen, on the same line, asking for number of children, wrote “yes.”
Cash bond in the case was set at $2,000. 