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Forest Lake ‘career offender’ conned motorsports businesses out of $232K, charges say

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Richard Patrick Wooton, 54, has 25 theft-related criminal convictions in Minnesota dating back three decades. He is accused of duping a dozen local businesses out of more than $232,000 in motorsports and construction equipment over five months last year. In November, he began serving a nearly two-year prison sentence on a theft by swindle conviction.

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Forest Lake ‘career offender’ conned motorsports businesses out of $232K, charges say

A Forest Lake man with an extensive criminal history is accused of duping a dozen local businesses out of more than $232,000 in motorsports and construction equipment over five months last year by writing bad checks and giving false promises. Richard Patrick Wooton, 54, was charged with theft by swindle and theft by representation last month for the alleged fraudulent buys at businesses that include Tousley Motorsports in Vadnais Heights — twice…

3 months ago·St Paul, United States

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