A Trenton man, 42-year-old Brian King, is being held in the Grundy County Jail on several counts of passing bad checks.
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According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department, King faces 14 counts of passing bad checks after allegedly writing the checks on a non-existent account at Investor’s National Bank. The counts include (with some counts including more than one check) the following checks written on the non-existent account: On Feb. 10 for $37.99 to Amoco; on Feb. 11 for $35.50 to Amoco; on March 14 for $75.25 to Hy-Vee; on March 15 for $20 to Hy-Vee; on March 16 for $20 to Hy-Vee; on March 26 for $32.02 to Orscheln; on March 26 for $160.71 to Orscheln; on March 26 for $79.27 to Orscheln; on March 29 for $17.07 to El Nopal; on April 1 for $35.46 to El Nopal; on May 1 for $29.83 to Save-A-Lot; on May 2 for $17.78 to Save-A-Lot; on March 30 for $34.95 to El Nopal; on Feb. 17 for $47 to Lakeview; on Feb. 17 for $36.15 to L & L; on Feb. 17 for $15 to Lakeview; on Feb. 24 for $33.87 to Lakeview; on Feb. 24 for $51.16 to Main Stop; on Feb. 25 for $336.02 to Pamida; on Feb. 26 for $59.15 to Main Stop; on Feb. 26 for $182.29 to Pamida.
King was also arrested for failing to appear in court on two charges of speeding and one charge of not securing a child in a seat belt.
He is being held in jail in lieu of bonds totaling $4,750 cash only. He is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 25.