From the Courts - State District Court: Man sentenced to probation, restitution in bad check case

Tevin James Barron was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay more than $3,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to writing a string of checks on a closed account.

Barron was charged Oct. 30, 2018, with a felony count of issuing bad checks by common scheme after multiple Havre businesses reported he had written checks on the account.

The initial investigation said he had written at least 53 checks totaling $1,975.74.

He pleaded guilty to the charge in a plea agreement April 29.

District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz in state District Court in Havre imposed a two-year deferred imposition of sentence on Barron June 3, and ordered him to pay restitution plus a fee of $3,181.02 and other fees and surcharges.

If Barron abides by all conditions of his release, after the deferred imposition he can petition to have the felony charge struck from his record.