The Ulster County Sheriff's Department reports that Kingston resident Ruben J. Lindo was arrested yesterday on multiple charges stemming from his allegedly writing several bad checks.
Lindo is a former pro football player. According to a profile of him on Fanbase -- and a contributor profile of him on Wikipedia, written mostly by himself -- Lindo played with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the Canadian Football League and made it to tryouts for several NFL teams before leaving pro sports.
From a press release from the Sheriff's Department:
Detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with investigators from the Division of Field Investigation of the Department of Motor vehicles report the arrest of Ruben J. Lindo, 38, of 27 West Strand, Kingston, NY in the City of Kingston on charges of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument 2nd (D Fel), Forgery in the 2nd (D Fel), Grand Larceny in the 3rd (D Fel), Grand Larceny in the 4th (E Fel), Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st (E-Fel), Petit Larceny (A Misd), and three counts of Issuing a Bad Check (B Misd).
On January 28, 2011, multiple complaints were received by Ulster County Sheriff’s Office of checks that were written by Ruben J. Lindo on a closed account. The Division of Field Investigation for DMV was notified after additional information was developed by UCSO detectives regarding a possible fraudulent transaction which resulted in the registration of a motor vehicle. As a result, Lindo was arrested for the aforementioned charges.
He was arraigned before the City of Kingston Court and remanded to the UCJ in lieu of $10,000.00 cash bail or bond.
Date of Arrest: 05/19/2011 Time: 6:10 PM
