75 year old woman writes bad checks for cars A 75 year old woman used her age and apparent fragility to take advantage of about a dozen car dealers in Cook, McHenry and Lake Counties, police and prosecutors said. Betty A. Gooch of Algonquin has been charged with five felonies in two counties. Police said that over the past four years Gooch walked into dealerships with a cane and an oxygen cart and paid for cars with bad checks. "She'll say she's sick and going to be hospitalized, or that her stockbroker is sending the money, or promises they'll have the money next Friday," said Tony Kotlarz, an investigator for the McHenry County state's attorney's office. "She's a grandmotherly type that seems legitimate and her story about transferring funds seems to ring true because she's done it so many times she has it down pat." Gooch is out on bail and declined to comment Tuesday. She has been charged in Cook County with two felony counts of theft by deception and two counts of passing bad checks. An arraignment is scheduled for April 8. The charges stem from a Nov. 3 visit Gooch made to Elgin Toyota. She wrote a check for $36,534 for a new Toyota Sienna and another check for $20,041 for a new Toyota Matrix, said Cook County state's attorney's spokeswoman Marcy Jensen. Gooch has also been charged in McHenry County. In March 2003 a grand jury indicted her on a felony charge of deceptive practice for writing a bad check. She wrote a $22,000 check in January 2003 to Anderson BMW in Crystal Lake for a Mazda SUV, Kotlarz said. She is scheduled to appear in court for that case March 31. McHenry County authorities began investigating Gooch in 2001 after she used a bad check to buy a motorcycle from Woodstock Harley-Davidson, Kotlarz said. In October 2003 Gooch pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge. She was sentenced to a year of court supervision and paid a $385 fine, Kotlarz said. She is being investigated for other possible crimes, officials said. "From the information we've gotten, she has done this in Cook, McHenry and Lake Counties about a dozen dealerships," said Elgin police Lt. Cecil Smith.  Back to Collection News Articles

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