UNION, Mo. – A St. Louis man has been ordered to appear in Franklin County Circuit Court next month for passing bad checks worth thousands of dollars at local banks.
According to a probable cause statement from the Washington Police Department, the crimes happened in spring 2023.
On March 30, 2023, Cortez R. Nelson-Bey Sr. entered the Bank of Washington with a check made payable to himself in the amount of $1,860.53. The check was cashed and Nelson-Bey left the bank. Employees didn’t realize the check was counterfeit until after he left…