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Source: The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoOct.儲存 02--TWIN FALLS -- A Kimberly woman went on several shopping sprees this spring using checks on empty or closed bank accounts, Twin Falls police say.Police accuse Sheryl Ann Sebren, 40, of writing more than $3,000 in bad checks at Twin Falls' Costco Wholesale; hundreds of dollars in bad checks at King's, Fred Meyer and Grocery Outlet; and thousands of dollars at local businesses including fast food chains, court records show.The total? Just more than $10,000.Sebren was arraigned in Twin Falls County Magistrate Court on Monday on 17 counts of writing a check with insufficient funds and one count of grand theft.Sebren has preliminary hearings in her three cases Oct. 11.It all started March 24 when Sebren walked into Grocery Outlet in Twin Falls, filled a cart and wrote a check for $190.47, a police report said. The check was returned for insufficient funds.Three police reports detailed the cases against Sebren:Later on March 24, Sebren spent $100 more at Grocery Outlet, about $55 on gas and cigarettes at Fred Meyer Fuel and about $75 inside Fred Meyer. Those checks, too, were returned.Fred Meyer employees told police Sebren attempted to pass another bad check there for more than $1,000 that day. She had selected two LCD TVs, a Kindle e-reader and a printer, but a cashier declined to take the self storageheck because it was so large.In the next few days, Sebren spent about $900 at King's Discount Store, again paying with checks that were returned.One police report listed 30 checks written to businesses including Big Smoke, Twin Stop, Pizza Hut, Sprint, Domino's Pizza, Mister Burger, Oasis Stop 'N Go, Taco Time, Sizzler and Depot Grill, totaling $1,924.52.On April 15, Sebren went to Costco, paid for a $110 membership with a bad check, then returned three times on the same day to buy a TV, two laptops and a tablet computer, for a total of more than $3,000 in bad checks.The next day, Sebren pawned some of the electronics for less than $300 in cash.Her checking account at Pioneer Federal Credit Union was closed because of a negative balance. On May 2, Sebren opened an account at Bank of America with $100 in cash.During May, Sebren wrote more than $3,000 in bad checks at stores including T-Mobile, CenturyLink, Addison West Restaurant and Norm's Cafe.The Bank of America account was closed once the negative balance reached nearly $3,000.Police reported speaking to Sebren a number of times about the checks, and she admitted to knowing she didn't have enough money in her account.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) Visit The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) at magicvalley.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷利倉