By Chuck Hustmyre
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The bust came on Sunday March 5 in a Charlotte coffee shop. There, Jim Moseley waited for Sandra Powers to show up to take his mother, who had been staying with him for a few weeks while Powers was supposedly out of town on a religious mission, back home.
As usual, Powers showed up penniless, but instead of finding her next victim waiting for her, she found the police waiting.
When a policeman searched Powers' purse after her arrest, he found no identification, no pictures, and no money; just scribbled notes, makeup samples, real estate brochures, and two of Sue Moseley's credit cards.
"It was like searching a bag lady," the officer told the Dallas Observer.
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| Sandra Powers |
Police charged Sandra Powers with two counts of forgery, two counts of issuing forged documents, and one count of obtaining property through false pretenses, otherwise known as theft by fraud.
Because of her status as a flight risk, Powers' bail was set at $1.5 million.
She appeared in court Tuesday for a probable cause hearing, but the hearing was continued until April 16.
Assistant District Attorney Brooke Leland told Crime Library that the April hearing will likely be cancelled.
"I plan to submit indictments to the grand jury before that date," she said.
Under North Carolina law, a defendant who is indicted by a grand jury does not get a probable cause hearing.
So far, Powers has only been charged with the forgery and theft relating to Sue Moseley.
"She is my only victim," Leland said.
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