Published in the High Desert Advocate Newspaper in September 25th, 2020 Edition.
Troy P. Nielson, 43, of West Valley City, Utah, passing bad checks at the local Casinos (photo credit Elko County Sheriff’s Office).
A man suspected of attempting to pass “bad checks” ten months ago was arrested on Friday on a felony warrant. Troy P. Nielson, 43, of West Valley City, Utah, was booked in Elko County Jail on two Category D felony counts of uttering or possessing with intent to utter a fictitious bill, note or check, and one count of attempted uttering of a forged instrument, a Category E felony. According to court documents, West Wendover Police were called to the Peppermill Casino on Nov. 5 on a report that a man had tried to pass “a bad check” at the Rainbow Casino and then at the Peppermill. Nielson denied to police passing those checks. When police retrieved some checks from a vehicle, they were found to be altered with “erase marks clearly visible” and his name added to them.
As Nielson was being arrested, he continued to deny that he put his name on the checks, but did not say who did, the police report stated. Nielson was arrested at the West Wendover Police Department for failure to appear on a felony crime. Bail was set at $25,000.
