Bond set at $90,000 for suspect in computer-sale scam
Published 11:39 am Thursday, December 1, 2011
Bond was set at $90,000 Wednesday for a Jackson man accused of offering bogus computer equipment for sale out of his car, police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.
Conelle Latroy Davis, 32, 224 Keener St., was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Iowa Boulevard and U.S. 61 South.
Inside Davis’ black, late-model Dodge Charger, police found seven fake Apple iPads, one fake Apple laptop computer and three broken, repackaged computers that Davis is believed to have been offering for sale.
Davis initially was charged with felony false pretense. Officials added eight counts of trademark violation after consulting with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office Wednesday morning, Police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.
Police received a phone tip Tuesday that an iPad had been offered for sale for $300.
No one in Warren County has come forward to say he purchased any of the fake equipment, but investigators are asking anyone who purchased what appeared to be an iPad notebook or laptop from a seller operating out of his car to contact the police department at 601-636-2511.
Actual sales would result in additional charges against Davis, Stewart said. A man in Jackson called Stewart to say he had purchased a fake computer there from Davis, which could result in charges being filed in Hinds County against him, the captain said this morning.
Each charge of trademark violation charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, said District Attorney Ricky Smith, and the false pretense charge carries a possible 10-year, $10,000 sentence.
Davis remained in the Warren County Jail this morning.