Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – Police arrested a Jonesboro man after they said he deposited multiple checks totaling over $10,000 into his account for his online gambling habits.
On June 3, a branch manager with Centennial Bank in Jonesboro contacted police regarding a fraudulent check scheme. The manager claimed 47-year-old Aaron Eugene Flynn had deposited 13 checks totaling $10,700 into an account.
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According to a probable cause affidavit, it was found that the checks were drawn on a closed account belonging to Flynn’s girlfriend. Once the funds were posted to Flynn’s account, the funds would be used to pay for online gambling.
Centennial Bank staff provided surveillance photos captured at the after-hours ATM during the fraudulent transactions. A detective identified Flynn through the photos by matching his physical characteristics with his state driver’s license photo.
During a Mirandized interview, Flynn said he signed his girlfriend’s name to the checks without her knowledge to pay for online gambling that he did not want her to find out about.
Flynn was arrested and booked into the Craighead County Detention Center on June 24, the inmate roster shows. He appeared before District Judge David Boling on June 26, who found probable cause to charge Flynn with 13 counts of second-degree forgery and theft greater than $5,000 but less than $25,000, both class C felonies.
Flynn is being held on a $25,000 cash/surety bond and is scheduled to appear in court again on Aug. 21.
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