A Tyrone

woman is in custody after allegedly passing bad checks at

a series of area businesses.

According

to reports, Jennifer Ragan was arrested June 17 for fraud

and possession of crack cocaine. A complaint was filed by

Jack's supermarket, and police said she had also written

bad checks at other stores in town.

Officers

watched the suspect while she was still in the store and

checked by telephone, finding out that the account on

which the check was written has been closed. When she was

brought into the supermarket office, police say that she

put something in her pockets but would not say what it

was.

When

escorted out to the parking lot and placed under arrest,

she would not let the officers handcuff her, the report

stated. Upon arrival at the police station, the suspect

began kicking and screaming and an officer spotted a

clear plastic bag containing 12 pieces of white rocklike

material, police said.

She was

placed in a cell at the police station and refused to

answer any questions about her address or other personal

information, police added.

The check

written to Jack's was for $170.08, and there was another

check written the day before at the same place for

$102.23.

Chief Roger

Spencer said his department will be checking with nearby

jurisdictions to see if the suspect has written checks at

any other locations.

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