hIgh SChool BaSEBall Lakeside to start playoffs tomorrow PAGE 6 MINDEN RESS ERALD P -H www.press-herald.com April 30, 2015 | 50 Cents THURSDAY INSIDE today INfERNo oN hwy. 79 MINDEN CRIME Fire destroys Couple arrested travel trailer on fraud Woman accused of shoplifting, drug No injuries reported during Wednesday blaze possession charges NEWS PG.3 Police say couple swindled banks, insurance companies MICHELLE BATES
[email protected] A Minden couple sits behind bars after Minden Police discov- ered an alleged trail of bank fraud and identity theft. Raymond Warren, 57, of the Best Kare 1100 block of Rathbun Street, was arrested Tuesday, April 28, T-shirt and charged with 20 counts of identity theft, 38 counts of access contest device fraud, 38 counts of unlawful LIFE PG.5 possession of fraudulent docu- ments for identifi- cation purposes, issuing worthless checks, bank fraud, forgery, 17 counts of mone- R. WARREN tary instrument abuse, three counts of comput- er fraud, and three counts of online impersonation. Bond was set at $60,000. ‘Good Webster Fire District His wife, Bar- 10, along with the Min- bara Warren, 45, B. WARREN luck’ den Fire Department, has been charged were dispatched just with three counts of bank fraud, after 1 p.m. Wednes- issuing worthless checks and day after a fire broke three counts of monetary instru- OPINION PG.4 out and destroyed a ment abuse. Bond was set at travel trailer in the $45,000. 17,000 block of High- “It (the case) came in as some WEATHER way 79. The occupant bad checks and as they (detec- of the trailer says he tives) got to looking into it, they TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK was outside and saw got to two local banks totaling smoke coming from about $21,000 in bad checks,” the trailer.