BREAKING NEWS – Destin, Florida – A Florida man is facing charges after using a fake check to buy a nearly $140,000 Porsche and attempting to purchase luxury watches, authorities say.
Casey William Kelley was charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle and uttering a false banknote, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.
Just two days earlier, authorities say Kelley drove off a Porsche dealership lot of in Destin, Florida, in a 911 Turbo. He allegedly handed over a cashier’s check that he printed from his home computer to buy the car. The car was then later reported stolen to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, authorities say.
Police are now looking for Kelley after he bailed himself out of jail using a phony deed to a house, that he used as collateral on a bail, according to the bondsman. His attorney stated that his client is not a thief, even though the check that Kelly used to pay his legal fees, bounced.