AUGUSTA — Donald E. Westover Sr. has a habit of writing bad checks for vehicles and service at dealerships and repair shops across Maine.
Westover, 69, of Orrington, pleaded guilty this week to a series of offenses, mostly negotiating a worthless instrument and theft by deception, and is now serving 30 months behind bars.
n On April 26, 2013, he wrote a bad check for more than $3,000 in Rockland.
n On April 16, 2014, he wrote a $2,894.84 check to BK Auto of Litchfield for automotive parts and services. That resulted in a charge of theft by deception and violation of conditions of release.
n On June 7, 2014, he wrote a check for $6,857 for Art’s Service Center in Brewer. That resulted in charges of negotiating a worthless instrument and theft by deception.
n On Dec. 11, 2014, in Ellsworth, he wrote a bad check for $7,100 to Pray’s Auto Sales for a 1997 Ford 150 pickup. That resulted in charges of negotiating a worthless instrument and theft by deception.
n On Dec. 12, 2014, he wrote a $18,375.12 check drawn on a Bangor Hydro Federal Credit Union account to Darling’s Chevrolet in Ellsworth in exchange for a 2012 Chevrolet Impala. That resulted in charges of negotiating a worthless instrument and theft by deception.
In exchange for the pleas, the prosecutor dismissed a Nov. 27, 2012 charge of theft by deception, in Saco.
Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said the 30-month term is a significant sentence for a case involving bad checks, but she said Westover had a number of prior offenses for similar conduct.
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