FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOT CHECK WRITERS – BEWARE - THERE’S NO TRICK OR TREATING IN THE BEXAR COUNTY COOLER 

San Antonio, Texas; October 25, 2005: District Attorney Susan D. Reed will have several teams of Investigators along with Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Warrant Deputies knocking on doors as early as 5:30 AM Wednesday, October 26, 2005. The teams will be looking for fugitives with warrants for writing hot checks. Approximately 100 fugitives are targeted for arrest. Individuals targeted for arrest range from housewives to local businessmen and offenses range from Misdemeanors to Felonies. The arrest teams will be searching for the fugitives at their home, school, or place of employment. The District Attorney’s objective is to make it clear that “Writing bad checks is a serious crime for which you can and will go to jail”.

Anyone with outstanding hot checks may pay through the Check Section of the District Attorney’s Office, 5th floor of the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center and may telephone (210) 335-2415 for additional information.


For more information on this press release please contact: Sandra Ruedrich, Chief of the Check Section at ( 210) 335-2419.