BY DAN HILDEBRAN
A Gainesville man was sentenced to three years’ probation for writing a worthless check to obtain a 2024 Ram 3500 pickup.
Dakota Robinson pleaded to issuing a worthless check over $150. A judge scheduled a restitution hearing for the case in September.
According to court papers, on March 2, the 38-year-old wrote a $10,000 check for a down payment on the vehicle to Murray Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram.
The total amount for the truck after taxes and other costs was $78,376.
However, when the dealership deposited the down payment, the check was returned for insufficient funds.
Bradford Sheriff’s Detective T. Lovell wrote in the complaint that he subpoenaed the defendant’s bank records.
“Upon reviewing the account balance history for the months of July 2024 through November 2024, there has never been $10,000 in the account,” he wrote. “On September 9, 2024, Dakota withdrew the last $12 in the account. On September 10, 2024, the day the $10,000 check was written, there was $0 in the checking account.”
Lovell added that when deputies told the defendant they were conducting a criminal investigation regarding the transaction, he responded, “I thought it was civil.”
