Woman gets probation, delayed sentence for role in fraudulent $10K shopping spree
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
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.
Comments
martini man
Wed, May 16, 2012 : 1:49 a.m.
Wow ..good thing she didn't murder anyone, or else might have gotten 90 days in jail and community service !!! Way to go you liberal judges.Justice prevails !!!
M.
Tue, May 15, 2012 : 5:44 p.m.
My HR Block debit card was stolen from an ATM outside CharterOne on Michigan Avenue. The thieve(s) spent over $2000 in Washtenaw, Oakland, and Wayne counties within just a few hours. The Ypsilanti police made me go to departments in Oakland and Wayne (I don't even have a car) to file separate reports and refused to investigate. Puffer Red's had video surveillance but Ypsi told me they didn't have time to go view it (they're literally a few blocks away from each other). I called the Best Buy that the thief spent money at, and they had a name, address, and telephone number on file because the thief purchased an insurance plan! They wouldn't release the info to me but Ypsi PD refused to fax them to request the information, saying it was probably fake (who would bother with buying an insurance plan they couldn't use?). This was a year and a half ago. It would have been nice to see some justice as in this case.
Don B. Arfkahk
Tue, May 15, 2012 : 7:41 a.m.
Those who think this was a slap on the wrist don't understand how difficult it is to find work and housing with a felony. She will probably lose at least a few hundred thousand dollars in wages over the course of her lifetime due to this conviction. Who will hire someone with a fraud conviction? Almost no one. She may not even realize just how screwed she is.
jooceefroot
Tue, May 15, 2012 : 2:09 p.m.
Don't worry, the "safety net" will provide for her if she decides she can't find work
squidlover
Tue, May 15, 2012 : 1:32 a.m.
So let's see...plead guilty to one felony, and we'll drop the charges for 4 other crimes. Your punishment...probation. Now let that be a lesson; as apparently it was for the two teens recently arrested while carrying around a backpack pull of burglary tools while they were both on probation for home invasion. What a joke. Just another example that there is no justice in the legal system; just bleeding heart judges and prosecutors who don't want to deal with it.
cornelius McDougenschniefferburgenstein jr. 3 esq.
Mon, May 14, 2012 : 11:55 p.m.
$1000 fine for $10,000 fraud.i should change occupations!!!
aanative
Tue, May 15, 2012 : 1:24 a.m.
Alan, she didn't get to keep the money, but the penalty seems pretty cheap compared to the ill-gotten gain, had she not been caught.
alan
Tue, May 15, 2012 : 1:22 a.m.
She was caught and arrested. She didn't get to keep the $10,000. Read the MLive article, it has more information.
djacks24
Tue, May 15, 2012 : 12:55 a.m.
Merely a slap on the hand, but still a felony she'll have to live with.