Three indicted on bad-check charges

CANTON — An Ogdensburg man was indicted for reportedly forging numerous checks totaling nearly $20,000.

James S. Lago, 25, of 418 Grove St., was indicted Tuesday by a St. Lawrence County grand jury on 34 counts of second-degree forgery and a single count of first-degree identity theft.

He is accused of forging 34 checks totaling $19,791.61 in December and January on bank accounts belonging to Penski, Wells Fargo Bank and Account Service Corp.

The grand jury also returned indictments against the following:

Carmon Kingsley I, 35, Springfield, Ill., was charged with first-degree scheme to defraud. She is accused of writing several bad checks from her NBT Bank account that contained no money to several businesses around the county.

Donald E. White, 45, of 27 Elm St., Newton Falls, was charged with first-degree scheme to defraud. He is accused of writing several bad checks on a closed Community Bank account from October to December to several businesses, including a On-A-Roll Deli in Massena, around the county. The bank account had been closed in March 2008.