bad check

In 1914, the “Duke of the Pike” — a debonair character who lived large, mostly on brash cheek and bad checks — finally got caught when his car broke down in Compton.

Valdovinos Ramirez also wrote dozens of bad checks to clients who were expecting settlements, or refunds after firing him, even though his operating account had little to no money to draw from.

The income offered the Robinsons a degree of stability after decades of struggle that included multiple bankruptcies, home foreclosure and misdemeanor charges — later dropped — for writing bad checks.

Navy veteran or writing bad checks to an Amish man, both over transactions related to dogs.

The next most common felony convictions were for driving while intoxicated, forgery and passing bad checks.