Athens-Clarke County police say a former officer has been arrested on charges he wrote a fake theft report and used it to bilk a credit union.
Athens-Clarke Police Chief Jack Lumpkin says 45-year-old Robert Lee Houston III was arrested on Tuesday. Lumpkin says Houston wrote a fake report in September 2008 claiming that checks had been stolen from him.
He says Houston used the report to persuade the credit union to reimburse him for $200 in overdraft fees he said he incurred after money was stolen from his account.
Police say Houston was fired in January for an unrelated domestic dispute.
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Information from: Athens Banner-Herald, http://www.onlineathens.com
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