Deputies arrest alleged conman who bought $94,000 in gold coins with bad check
Arizona Coin Collector
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/deputies-arrest-alleged-conman-who-bought-94000-in-gold-coins-with-bad-check.html
Deputies arrest alleged conman who
bought $94,000 in gold coins with bad check
May 20, 2011 | 11:13am
Authorities said Friday they have arrested a
slick-talking con man from the San Bernardino
Mountains who used a bad check to buy $94,000
in gold coins from a dealer then jetted to
Australia to spend the proceeds on a
high-stakes gambling venture.
(Photo of Saint Jovite Youngblood)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0154326d6a5f970c-300wi
Detectives with the San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Department said they believe Saint
Jovite Youngblood, 39, may have defrauded
coin merchants and collectors across Southern
California, including Los Angeles, where he
once lived.
Youngblood lives in Crestline and has 13 known
aliases. He told the detectives he had his name
legally changed from Dennis Schuler two decades
ago.
Youngblood was known to spin elaborate yarns
when cozying up to coin dealers and investors,
according to a report by Dets. Steve Boydston
and Craig Harris.
He bragged about earning a Purple Heart fighting
terrorists; serving as a Navy SEAL; being
related to former Los Angeles Rams football
player Jack Youngblood; and telling people his
wife and children were killed by a drunk driver.
All the stories were bogus, the detectives said.
Youngblood is a known gambler and "claims that
over the years he won a lot of money playing
cards,'' Harris said.
Along with allegedly writing the bad check in
2009, Youngblood also courted investors,
promising to purchase valuable coins, Harris
said.
"People would give him money to purchase coins
or other items, and then he would not make good
on their investment. We've identified several
victims at this point,'' the detective said.
Youngblood was arrested Thursday on suspicion
of passing a check with insufficient funds.
He was being held on $1-million bail in San
Bernardino's Central Detention Center.
Anyone who may have had dealings with
Youngblood is asked to call the detectives at
the Twin Peaks sheriff's station at
(909) 336-0600.
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Peter
wrote:
> FROM:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/deputies-arrest-alleged...
>
> Deputies arrest alleged conman who
> bought $94,000 in gold coins with bad check
>
> May 20, 2011 | 11:13am
>
> Authorities said Friday they have arrested a
> slick-talking con man from the San Bernardino
> Mountains who used a bad check to buy $94,000
> in gold coins from a dealer then jetted to
> Australia to spend the proceeds on a
> high-stakes gambling venture.
>
You've been quiet a long time; everything OK?
Arizona Coin Collector
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You've been quiet a long time; everything OK?
I have been working and average of 60 to 65 hours
a week. Starting new job on Monday with Wells
Fargo.
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