A 28-year-old man will do nine months in jail on three separate cases.
Lloyd Alan King of Pasco was told he can do the time on jail work crew. A Dec. 3 hearing is set to review his jail status.
King pleaded guilty to first-degree theft, theft of a motor vehicle, forgery, one count of felony bail jumping and two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping.
In the first case, King rented a trailer Nov. 22, 2008, from Sun Rental Center and signed an agreement paying for one day. The agreement said the trailer shouldn't be taken outside of a 50-mile radius from the Kennewick business, but King didn't return it and the trailer could not be located.
When charges were filed in February, rental costs for the missing trailer had accumulated to more than $1,500, court documents said. King then had two warrants for his arrest out of Yakima County.
Then in December 2008, King was at Columbia Center mall with Todd Herman when he asked to borrow Herman's 1992 Ford Explorer. King said he needed to pick up a friend and would be right back with the Ford but never returned, documents said.
And on April 9, King tried to cash a bad check at Ace Cash Express. The check for $1,015.91 from Custom Woodcraft Inc. had a wrong routing number and was confirmed by the check's maker to be fake, court documents said.
The check was made out to King, who initially claimed it was his paycheck. He later admitted he knew the check was forged but tried to cash it because he was broke, documents said.
The three felony cases were pending when King failed to make a court appearance. A bench warrant was issued and he was charged with bail jumping in each case, court documents said.
King must repay $1,250 to Sun Rental and $909 to Herman, of Kennewick.
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