Woman sentenced for issuing bad checks

A former Columbia Falls resident was sentenced to six months in the county jail, all suspended, after she pleaded guilty to issuing bad checks, a misdemeanor.

Flathead County District Court Judge Robert Allison sentenced Trinity Reid, 37, of Whitefish, on April 24. She was also ordered to pay $1,275 in restitution, a $150 fine, a $150 public defender fee and a $75 surcharge.

According to court records, Reid wrote nine bad checks on her First Montana Bank checking account to three bars, the Scoreboard and Rainbow Bar in Kalispell and the Blue Moon Nite Club in Columbia Falls , between April 15 and July 15, 2013.

She was initially charged with felony common scheme, but the charge was amended in a plea deal to a misdemeanor. As part of her sentence, Reid is not allowed to have a checking account but may have a savings account with a debit card.