Arrest On Check Charge

Charges of felony passing bad checks have been filed against a Trenton man.
According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, Phillip Murphy is facing two class C felony charges of passing bad checks on a non-existent account at BTC Bank. Murphy is accused of writing a check to Amoco-Trenton BP on Oct. 17, 2015 for $67.42 and to the same business on Oct. 20, 2015 in the amount of $40. He is being held in the Grundy County Detention Center on $1,750 cash-only bond and is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 9.