Man face Miss. trial on multistate fraud charges

The way court records tell it, Ronnie Lee Owen was a fugitive who crossed the country using fake drivers licenses and phony checks to buy thousands of dollars in goods, including cars, in nearly a dozen states. His luck apparently ran out in south Mississippi when Biloxi Police Officer Douglass DeGeorge pulled him over in March and became suspicious about his nervous demeanor and shaking hands, according to federal court records. Posted in: Check Fraud