Mlive.com: Woman gets probation, delayed sentence for role in fraudulent $10K shopping spree

By Cindy Heflin Associate news director

Posted on Mon, May 14, 2012 : 6:12 p.m.

A judge Monday delayed an Ypsilanti woman’s sentence for a year, giving her a chance to prove she doesn’t belong in jail, but admonished her for her role in a $10,000 shopping spree with stolen credit cards, MLive.com reported.

Courtney Bedore

"You were 22 when this happened, and that's old enough to know better," Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill told Courtney M. Bedore.

Bedore, now 23, in April pleaded guilty to one count of illegal possession of a financial transaction device, a felony. In exchange, prosecutors dismissed two counts of illegal use of a financial transaction device and single counts of unauthorized use of a computer and using a computer to commit a crime.

Gill placed Bedore on probation and ordered her to pay $1,010 restitution.

Bay County sheriff's deputies arrested Bedore with Shawn D. Norwood and Larry D. Conley at a Meijer store in Bay County’s Monitor Township on July 26. The trio used stolen credit cards to buy at least $10,000 in gift cards and other merchandise in Saginaw and Bay counties, prosecutors alleged.

Conley and Norwood also reached plea deals with prosecutors.