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I had a vehicle for sale on the internet, for $1500.00
A supposed "interested buyer" contacted me via email stating he was Fed- Ex-ing me a check for $5000.00, and that his "business associates" will be in touch via telephone for transfer of vehicle, and I was to keep $1500.00, pay the title transfer tab out of the leftover money, and then give the vehicle and leftover money to his business associates.
About 2 weeks later, I received a Fed-Ex envolope via snail mail,
with my name on a check for $5000.00 I then purchased a vehicle with funds from what I thought was my rightful portion, and about 2 days later or so was contacted from my bank, that informed me the check was counterfeit. I asked how so if it cashed? They replied it was a cashiers check and that they cash automatically, then get run through the system.
I then informed the bank I would give them all money from the check in my possession, and would be willing to agree to a payment plan for amount spent that I no longer had. The bank said, "no, pay back full amount immediately, or we are going to the authorities.
So the bank refused to take the money I had in my possession, that I was willing to give them. The bank then went to the authorities, and I was charged with felony Forgery, felony Theft By Deception, and a Bad Check charge. I was then incarcerated in one of the countries worst rated county prisons, unable to make bail. During this time, I lost my job, my small business, my place to live, and my pet.
About a week later of incarceration, the state police picked me up from the prison, to escort me to my hearing. Not worried about the source of the check what so ever, all they kept repeating was that I should waive
my hearing and have it bound over for county court, and if I did so, they would give me R.O.R. bail. I kept telling them I needed to speak to my public defender first (couldn't afford a paid lawyer). When finally getting to speak to my PD before the hearing, he informed me the hearing should be waived regardless, because of the felonies involved, and no court reporter present. So in doing so, the state police in turn gave me R.O.R. bail, dropped the Forgery charge, as well as the Bad Checks charge,
leaving only the felony Theft By Deceiption charge to be bound over for county court. During this time of bail, my PD said, just come up with the money owed to the bank, and we'll drop the charge. But I was unable to.
The PD messed up my trial date, and the court issued a Kapius bench warrant for my arrest, and my PD could not get the Kapius lifted.
I was eventually picked up on the Kapius, and incarcerated once again for
about another week or more. I was shuttled to court from the prison, and was told I was looking at an 18 mth. state prison sentence, unless
I took an offered plea bargin of eleven and one half month in the county prison. I accepted the plea bargin, plead guilty, and did eleven and a half months of incarceration, with restitution totaling $6500.00 with added on court costs. The prison was being investigated by the feds because of bad conditions, and prisoner mis-treatment. Some of my fondest memories was having to eat your meals beside your toilet in your cell, and sometimes brown water only coming out of the cell sink, with roaches and rats everywhere.
Once paroled, I served an equal eleven and one half mths of parole,
urine tested, charged a mthly. supervision fee to boot, and random vists to my home, with random searches through my property.
When my parole was up, they issued me another eleven and one half mths parole again, because I still owed restitution, though I made payments. Today, as a matter of fact, I went in to visit my parole officer,
as required for a once a month visit. He tried to make me sign a paper to start my "third" parole term of eleven and one half mths. which I informed him, I will not sign till I have a lawyer review the paper.
But I can't afford a lawyer!!! As of today, my total balance of restitution still owed is $3,349.96
With mthly child support I pay, plus current cost of living, this is running me financally into the ground, and the end result for me is either gonna be more incarceration in one of the worst prisons imaginable, or myself being homeless, which it already made me before twice for a short period of time. I was told about supposed class action law suits being filed against that guy in Nigeria, and that there is aid to help, etc.
All I know is I would like to find a way to pay remaining restitution owed
to Dauphin County, Pa. and be left of an never ending parole, to live the remainder of my life without parole, financial burden, chance of homelessness, and be able to provide a better life for my son as I should.
If there is any chance, of any type of help, I will prove all this to be true,
give any documentation needed, info, etc. and be forever grateful to be released from this living hell.
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