Riverdale woman faces 12 forgery charges in

connection with an alleged check-writing spree at

the Fayette Pavilion last winter.

According

to an accusation filed Monday in Fayette County

Superior Court, Dedra N. Lambert of Riverdale

faces ten counts of first-degree forgery and two

counts of second-degree forgery.

She

is accused of writing checks on the accounts of

Vickie Pearson and Tiffany N. McCall, and using

fake identification cards in each person's name.

The

checks were written at Target, Office Depot, CVS

pharmacy, K-Mart, Publix, Home Depot and Belk

Jan. 19, 20 and 31. The ten checks in question

total $2,156.31, court records indicate.

In

unrelated incidents:

Angela Michelle Miller of

Fayetteville was charged Monday with theft by

taking for allegedly taking cash and lottery

tickets totalling more than $500 from Flash Foods

in April 1998.

Carmen T. Burgos of

Riverdale was charged Thursday with financial

transaction card fraud and first-degree forgery.

She is alleged to have used a forged card in the

name of Joyce Matters and forging Matters' name

on a credit card slip at Target last April. A

Target employee, Andrea Graham of Morrow, also

faces a charge of financial transaction card

fraud for allegedly accepting the card while

knowing it was fraudulent.

Lawrence Conwin

Nelson of Decatur was charged Thursday with

violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance

Act, specifically possession of marijuana with

intent to distribute. This charge stems from a

Sept. 17 incident. them off.

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