[font=arial,helvetica] Troy Garrett scribbled out a personal check for $91,595.25 to buy a Porsche 911 so he could drive to Florida in style.[/font] [font=arial,helvetica]Problem was, Garrett had only $900 in his account and no driver's license, prosecutors say. But by the time Beechmont Motors discovered that, the 30-year-old Fort Thomas man had made it to the Sunshine State - where he signed a contract to buy a $2.5 million home and a $300,000 boat, said his mother, Susan Burch.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica]When Hamilton County officials caught up with him, they charged him with theft and writing a bad check in the car case. And while Garrett is said to suffer from a delusional disorder, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Dennis Helmick on Thursday found him competent to go to trial.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] Garrett's lawyer, Scott Greiner, said the dealership got the car back, without a scratch.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] "Mr. Garrett entered the dealership, said he was a government worker and he didn't have identification because he didn't need it," Greiner said. [/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] And they believed him?[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] "Evidently," Greiner said.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] "I am surprised they pressed charges ... taking into account the embarrassment factor of it coming out that they took a check without first checking if it was good," he said.
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[font=arial,helvetica]When Hamilton County officials caught up with him, they charged him with theft and writing a bad check in the car case. And while Garrett is said to suffer from a delusional disorder, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Dennis Helmick on Thursday found him competent to go to trial.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] Garrett's lawyer, Scott Greiner, said the dealership got the car back, without a scratch.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] "Mr. Garrett entered the dealership, said he was a government worker and he didn't have identification because he didn't need it," Greiner said. [/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] And they believed him?[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] "Evidently," Greiner said.[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica] "I am surprised they pressed charges ... taking into account the embarrassment factor of it coming out that they took a check without first checking if it was good," he said.
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