A man wanted in Dalton, Ga., for a car scam was arrested Tuesday in Tennessee’s Rhea County.
Charles Duncan, 48, is in custody in Rhea County and is waiting to be brought back to Georgia on charges of felony theft by conversion and felony deposit account fraud, said Dalton Police spokesman Bruce Frazier.
Dalton police issued warrants for Duncan’s arrest after he was involved in a scam to steal vehicles from car lots, Frazier said.
In August, Duncan used a bad check to buy a truck from Adventure Chevrolet at 150 West Walnut Ave., then pawned the vehicle’s title at a loan business, Frazier said. He then traded in the truck to an auto dealership in Dayton, Tenn., and bought a new Ford Mustang, Frazier said.
Duncan arranged for the dealership to pay off his loan on the truck as part of the agreement, Frazier said.