Repeat fugitive arrested again
NORWICH – A fugitive who jumped his posted $1,000 bail after being arrested on a 14-year-old warrant was arrest again Thursday and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $200,000 cash bail.
The Sheriff’s Office had been seeking 37-year-old Joseph N. Wright of the Coventry and Greene area since August 2009, reported Lt. Richard Cobb.
Wright was wanted on charges of third and fourth degree grand larceny after allegedly “swindling several victims out of ten of thousands of dollars through contracting and fraud schemes,” said Cobb.
He was picked up by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office in Remsen on Aug. 5.
Wright was originally arrested in February of 2009 and was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $1,000 cash bail by Supreme Court Justice Kevin M. Dowd in a March 2009, court appearance.
Wright posted bail, but never returned for his scheduled court dates. The latest arrest warrant was issued last August by the Chenango County Court.
Prior to his February 2009 arrest, Wright had a 14-year-old warrant lingering over his head for forgery. Wright was indicted for felony forgery by a Chenango County grand jury in 1995 for allegedly signing the name of the victim to withdraw $175 from her bank account.
Cobb said a computer error led the warrant to remain in the computer system, but it did not show up during routine searches by law enforcement.
Wright’s defense attorney at the time, Paul Tomkins, said in a March 2009 court hearing that his client had been living in Chenango County for 11 of the 14 years the warrant was active, had been stopped by law enforcement and even underwent background checks in that time without ever being detained. Tomkins also pointed out that his client served in the Coventry Volunteer Fire Department. In the hearing, Wright appeared in court wearing his fire company’s jacket.
Police claim Wright had a contracting company that took money from Norwich and Greene residents, but allegedly failed to deposit the money in a trust account.
New York State Law requires that contractors hold paid amounts in an escrow account while work is in progress. Cobb said Wright’s business, Wright Construction, took more than $32,944 from at least five different victims.
In addition to being arrested on the open warrant, the Sheriff’s Office has also charged Wright with three new crimes, third degree grand larceny, bail jumping and scheme to defraud. Cobb said after Wright posted his 2009 bail but before authorities issued a warrant for his arrest, the defendant wrote several false checks to private businesses and residents. Cobb said in one of the most recent cases, Wright wrote a victim a $3,400 personal check and purchased a traveling camper’s trailer from a bank account that was no longer active. Cobb said he later sold the camper out of state.
The Sheriff’s Office had been seeking 37-year-old Joseph N. Wright of the Coventry and Greene area since August 2009, reported Lt. Richard Cobb.
Wright was wanted on charges of third and fourth degree grand larceny after allegedly “swindling several victims out of ten of thousands of dollars through contracting and fraud schemes,” said Cobb.
He was picked up by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office in Remsen on Aug. 5.
Wright was originally arrested in February of 2009 and was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $1,000 cash bail by Supreme Court Justice Kevin M. Dowd in a March 2009, court appearance.
Wright posted bail, but never returned for his scheduled court dates. The latest arrest warrant was issued last August by the Chenango County Court.
Prior to his February 2009 arrest, Wright had a 14-year-old warrant lingering over his head for forgery. Wright was indicted for felony forgery by a Chenango County grand jury in 1995 for allegedly signing the name of the victim to withdraw $175 from her bank account.
Cobb said a computer error led the warrant to remain in the computer system, but it did not show up during routine searches by law enforcement.
Wright’s defense attorney at the time, Paul Tomkins, said in a March 2009 court hearing that his client had been living in Chenango County for 11 of the 14 years the warrant was active, had been stopped by law enforcement and even underwent background checks in that time without ever being detained. Tomkins also pointed out that his client served in the Coventry Volunteer Fire Department. In the hearing, Wright appeared in court wearing his fire company’s jacket.
Police claim Wright had a contracting company that took money from Norwich and Greene residents, but allegedly failed to deposit the money in a trust account.
New York State Law requires that contractors hold paid amounts in an escrow account while work is in progress. Cobb said Wright’s business, Wright Construction, took more than $32,944 from at least five different victims.
In addition to being arrested on the open warrant, the Sheriff’s Office has also charged Wright with three new crimes, third degree grand larceny, bail jumping and scheme to defraud. Cobb said after Wright posted his 2009 bail but before authorities issued a warrant for his arrest, the defendant wrote several false checks to private businesses and residents. Cobb said in one of the most recent cases, Wright wrote a victim a $3,400 personal check and purchased a traveling camper’s trailer from a bank account that was no longer active. Cobb said he later sold the camper out of state.
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