March 28, 2007

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  NEWS: Michigan Woman on Probation for Bad Checks

  Wendy Marie Ryther of Nunica, Michigan, was already on probation for a May 2006 conviction of embezzling money from a youth football organization. As of this week, she'll be adding quite a bit of time to that, for the crime of writing bad checks.
  
  According to authorities, Ryther made out a $200 check on June 2 of last year from Lake Michigan Credit Union and deposited it into a Fifth Third Bank savings account in the city of Ferrysburg. Later that day, she withdrew $200 from a Fifth Third Bank branch in Fruitport - but five days later, the original check came back showing non-sufficient funds. On June 16, Ryther made out a $2,200 check from Lake Michigan Credit Union and deposited it into the Fifth Third Bank savings account. Some days later, she cashed a check for $500 at the Fifth Third Bank in Ferrysburg. On that same day, she cashed an $1,800 check at a Fifth Third bank in Norton Shores. Additionally, on June 17, Ryther withdrew $1,500 from the savings account in Ferrysburg. All four checks, however, bounced, say police.
  
  Ryther's new sentence of two years, nine months' probation will run concurrently with the 18-month term she began last May. Ryther embezzled over $5,000 from the Tri-Cities Youth Football Club, which she was ordered to pay back. She pled guilty to a single charge of false pretenses between $1,000 and $20,000. Circuit Judge Calvin Bosman, who ran the trial, ordered Ryther not to apply for checking accounts or credit cards.
  
  Ryther also must pay a fine of $4,000 in connection with the bad check conviction.
  
  
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