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BAD CHECK COP - 1
GUYS WALK THRU DOOR
Behind-the-scenes police work in Fort Worth is saving the community thousands of dollars that would otherwise be lost to the bad check artist. Officer Bob Ray, assigned to the Forgery Detail, goes through the routine business of quizzing a prime hot-check suspect -- the guy who gets more rom the - businessman tha robbers and burglars combined. At the officer's direction, the suspect writes his name on a piece of paper, which then is carefully compared with a name that the suspect is believed to
have forged to a check.
CROUCH SIGN
In this case, the trained
eye sees enough similarity to take into court. District Attorney Crouch, who took office last month, has established a special section for the
handling of bad checks.
Officer Ray takes the
evidence he has to the district attorney, and to Ray's brother Jack, now an assistant district attorney in charge of filing bad-check cases.