Bernadette Gordon-Rivera Photo Credit: The VIRGIN ISLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
ST. CROIX — V.I.P.D. detectives with the Economic Crimes Unit on Sunday traveled to Orlando, FL to extradite and arrest Bernadette Gordon-Rivera, age 36 of Estate Profit, on a warrant for drawing and delivering worthless checks, obtaining money by false pretenses, and grand larceny, the V.I. Police Department announced Wednesday.
According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, an investigation revealed that two years ago, Ms. Gordon-Rivera wrote two checks from her closed Bank of St. Croix account, which she deposited into her Banco Popular account and withdrew over $10,000 before the checks were returned for insufficient funds.
Ms. Gordon-Rivera subsequently left the territory, but was brought back to face justice.
Unable to make bail of $50,000, she was remanded to the Golden Grove Detention Center pending her advisement hearing.
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