Today, a jury took less than 30 minutes to decide the case of Leon C. Bloom, 27, of Batavia.
The jury found Bloom guilty of grand larceny, 4th.
According to District Attorney Lawrence Friedman, Bloom cashed two checks, and attempted a third, from a closed HSBC account at Tonawanda Valley Federal Credit Union on March 17, 2009.
The checks came from a closed account belonging to Jessica Langmaid-Culver, who distributed the checks to friends. Langmaid-Culver pled guilty last week to grand larceny, 3rd. The cashed checks that came from her account exceeded $6,000.
A total of 10 checks were cashed from the closed account.
Langmaid-Culver's husband, Thomas Culver, is charged with grand larceny, 4th. His trial is set for July, with a plea cutoff date of May 14.
Friedman said that Bloom entered the credit union three times on March 19, dressed slightly differently each time, and presented checks in numerical sequence, 164, 165 and 166. On this third attempt, a teller became suspicious and went to get a manager, at which time Bloom left the building.
This is Bloom's second felony conviction. He faces a possible prison term of one-and-a-third-to three years, or a two- to four-year term.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 3.
Great, now who's going to
Great, now who's going to finish the design work on the next space shuttle?
always be weary of a woman
always be weary of a woman who has a hyphenated name. if she really still likes her daddy that much, she has issues. chances are that marriage won't solve them either.
ps - im the 32 year old sage of this site.
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