On Friday, January 31st at approximately 6:00 A.M. an Officer with the Culver Police Department arrested 33 year old, Valerie E. Farkas of 10B Road in Plymouth for an active warrant through Marshall County for 16 counts of Theft.
According to court documents Farkas, the prior owner of Two Old Crows on West Jefferson Street in Plymouth is alleged to have accepted consignment items from several different vendor’s, sold the items and failed to reimburse the vendors their share of the proceeds from the sale of the consigned items.
Charges stem from an incident involving Mary Jane Walsworth. On November 21st, 2018 Walsworth went to the Plymouth Police Department and spoke with Officer Shelley Church in reference to Theft and Fraud. She advised she had taken some collectible items to sell to Two Old Crows formally owned by Farkas. She returned back numerous times to see if any of the items had been purchased. While she did receive some payment Walsworth noticed that several items did not appear on the consignment spreadsheet and were not visible in the store.
Walsworth told the office she returned back to the store to get the remainder of the money owed to her when she was informed that Valerie Farkas had left the business and that she had not reimbursed other vendors. It was further stated that several other vendors had articles missing and had not received any money.
On February 22nd 2019 Walsworth returned to the Plymouth Police Department and advised that she had attempted several times to cash a check that Valeria Farkas had given her but the account had insufficient funds to cover the check.
During the course of the investigation it was found that there had been at least 15 other victims whom had not received any payment from the sale of their items and or had items missing.
Farkas was lodged Marshall County Jail and held on a $5,005 bond.
Readers are reminded that charging information supported by an affidavit of probable cause is a mere allegation that a crime has been committed and that there is only probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. They are presumed innocent throughout the proceedings and are entitled to be represented by counsel and entitled to a trial by jury at which the State is obligated to provide proof beyond a reasonable doubt before a judgment of guilt may be made.
