JONESBORO, Ark. — A Trumann man with a history of theft finds himself facing new charges from a theft case this week in Jonesboro.
The probable cause affidavit says that on October 7, 2024, the alleged victim reported to the Jonesboro Police Department that she had lost her credit card. She found out it was used at six different locations in Jonesboro and at other locations outside of the city limits.
Six transactions totaling $213.14 took place between August 23 and August 26. One of the locations the card was used at was Tidal Wave Car Wash. Officers spoke with the manager there, who shared security camera footage showing the tag for the suspect vehicle.
Police identified the suspect as Hunter Creecy. The affidavit said he was holding the blue credit card belonging to the victim and purchasing a monthly membership.
The affidavit said Creecy was listed as the suspect in all six fraudulent use cases because the transactions were made within three days.
Hunter Wayne Creecy, 30, of Trumann, now faces charges including theft by receiving, a Class D felony, and fraudulent use of a credit card, a Class A misdemeanor. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Judge Tommy Fowler set bail at $25,000 cash or surety, noting Creecy is on probation and has a history of theft.
Creecy was already in Craighead County Detention Center on prior charges when he appeared for his latest round.
In Sept. 2021, a victim reported to JPD that a former employee was forging checks on his business account. In total, 43 fraudulent checks totaling $37,458.77 were written and cashed between May 2021 and Sept. 2021.
The employee was Creecy. Surveillance footage showed Creecy cashing the checks, according to court records.
Creecy pled guilty on July 22, 2022, to theft of property > $25,000 and second-degree forgery. He received 60 months of supervised probation.
Less than two years later, prosecutors filed a petition to revoke his probation. The petition alleged that Creecy failed to report in Nov. 2022, Feb. 2023, July 2023, and Nov. 2023, being labeled an absconder. The petition further claimed Creecy failed drug testing in Nov. 2023 for meth and amphetamines.
On top of that, the defendant had a $41,576.51 balance due to the Craighead County Sheriff’s Office for restitution, fines, and court costs. No payment had been made. The defendant willfully failed and refused to pay, the prosecutor alleged.
Creecy pled guilty on Sept. 16, 2024, to violating his probation. He was sentenced to 120 days incarceration, 36 months supervised probation, and 120 months suspended imposition of sentence. If the court revokes his suspended sentence or probation this time, he could be sentenced to serve up to 30 years in prison and face fines of up to $24,000.
Creecy now faces the possibility prosecutors will file another petition to revoke, based on his latest charges.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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