TIFTON — The Tift County Sheriff’s Office has charged Charles Ray Goodman with another count of theft by deception after an Ashburn man reported Tuesday that he gave Goodman a $27,000 check Feb. 13 to pay for a double-wide mobile home from Ray Goodman Home Center and it hasn’t been delivered.
Goodman, 59, was arrested in January 2008 and charged with 15 counts of first-degree forgery and 17 counts of theft by deception. A Tift County grand jury indicted Goodman on all of the charges in May 2008.
Authorities charged then that 10 victims of the scheme suffered losses ranging from $6,000 to over $37,000 and totaling more than $200,000. There were allegedly 20 victims who bought mobile homes from Goodman that led to the charges, which stemmed from 13 mobile homes sold in 2006 and seven sold in 2007. The incident reports indicate that Goodman is accused of selling mobile homes as either 1991 or 1994 Pioneer brands when they weren’t. The alleged victims include people and companies from Tifton and Tift County, Alapaha and Tallahassee, Fla.
Then in late February, the TCSO charged Goodman with theft by deception. He is alleged in that case to have taken $10,000 in a down payment from a man last year for a land/home package on property he did not own.
Tuesday, the Ashburn man reported to TCSO investigators that he purchased a 80’ x 32’ double-wide mobile home from Ray Goodman Home Center. According to the incident report, the man told authorities that he gave Goodman a $27,000 check for the mobile home and that his check has already cleared the bank but Goodman’s company refuses to deliver the man the home or do the work that was promised.
Goodman was released Feb. 21 after posting a $20,000 bond with special conditions that stipulated he be released every day from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. within eight hours of his mother’s death and that he be allowed to “participate in preparation of his mother’s funeral.” Goodman’s mother died Feb. 22.
According to a spokesman with the TCSO, Goodman remains incarcerated at the Tift County jail.
Local News
Goodman faces another charge
- Local News
-
-
Tift Co. Pre-K applications available
Applications for the 2012-13 Georgia Public Pre-K Program will be available March 12 through March 23 at the Tift County Pre-K Center and at all Tift County primary schools. This program provides preschool learning experiences for children who are 4 years of age on or by September 1, 2012.
-
Report details plans for new Ga. to Miss. highway
A federal report details plans for a possible new interstate highway that would move traffic from Augusta through central Georgia and Alabama to Natchez, Miss.
-
Murder victim’s identity stolen
Millions of people have fallen victim to identity theft and the deceased are no exception.
-
Local vet injured in motorcycle accident
Dr. Larry Branch, 60, of Quailwood Animal Hospital was involved in a motorcycle wreck at approximately 10:35 a.m. Sunday, which resulted in his breaking several bones and being airlifted from Tift Regional Medical Center to the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.
-
Texas drought means higher prices for Ga. ranchers
Georgia cattle producers soon should see higher prices for their beef cattle due to a drought in Texas that's contributing to a shortage of cattle, authorities said.
-
Rain, sleet, snow possible in North Georgia
Forecasters say a mix of freezing rain and snow is possible over parts of North Georgia as moisture combines with cold air in the region.
- In-person advance voting in Ga. begins Monday
- Report: Lobbyist handouts not fully disclosed
- House fire kills Rincon man, critically injures wife
-
Mark York to run for post
Chief Magistrate Judge James M. (Mark) York announced Friday his candidacy in the July Primary for the office of magistrate of Tift County.
- More Local News Headlines
-
Raw Video: Kim Jong Il Statue Unveiled
Trial Opens for Ala. Man in Bride's Diving Death
Baltimore's 'Crime Stopper' Is a Basketball Star
Raw Video: Hearse Arrives at N.J. Funeral Home
Authorities: Houston Found Underwater in Tub
Arm Wrestler Not Guilty Plea in Wife's Death
Raw Video: Houston Body Flown From L.A. to N.J.
First Person: Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Obama's New Budget: The Winners and Losers
Gregoire: Marriage Equality Is Right for Wash.
Bacteria Keep Swimmers Off Some Fla. Beaches
Police: Houston Found Under Water, Unconscious
Sandusky Can See Grandkids, Have Local Jury
Obama Unveils $3.8 Trillion Budget
Raw Video: Israeli Embassy Car Attacked
Coroner: Don't Know Houston's Cause of Death Yet
Valentine Greetings Sent Worldwide From Loveland
Greek Austerity Measures Spark Riots
Raw Video: Obama Budget Goes to Capitol Hill
Arab League Wants U.N. Help in Syria
