Nicholas C. Douglas

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Scam Artist, False claims of being an official to fraud businesses and or individuals, See many articles in comments from across the U.S. on this criminal. Pennsylvania law-enforcement, putting out an alert after officers in Pennsylvania were contacted by a professional con-man named Nicholas Christopher Douglas. Douglas, who lived in Michigan, and a public official in Sumter County Alabama, fraudulently tried to get elected in Allentown Pennsylvania as a constable and was removed from being able to take office because of a lengthy criminal history. The Lehigh County, PA District attorney’s petition lists four convictions for impersonating a police officer in Wood County, Ohio, between 2002 and ’04; eight convictions for impersonating a police officer, witness intimidation, attempted passing bad checks, attempted theft, attempted grand theft, theft and grand theft in Lucas County, Ohio, between 2005 and ’10; a 2015 conviction in connection with a mail fraud charge in Mississippi and a 2021 conviction for using false pretenses to obtain a thing of value from another person in Michigan. Douglas was also charged with violating his probation in Michigan for allegedly leaving the state without notifying authorities, failing to report his employment status and a positive drug test. A 2009 article from WTOL 11 in Toledo following Douglas’ indictment on separate charges, entitled “Toledo police say big-time con artist is at it again,” states that Douglas conned nearly $100,000 out of victims. The article notes that, prior to the 2009 indictment, Douglas had served 14 months in jail for taking people’s money and offering to train them to be “bounty hunters.” During the 2009 court hearing, it was revealed that Douglas had been arrested in 2007 for writing bad checks, which were later revealed to have been used to purchase stretchers, police packs and OB-GYN kits. Douglas was again sent to jail in the 2009 case for running up a $10,000 tab at Madison Bistro in Toledo for his wedding and never paying the bill. The owner was one of seven people alleged to have been conned by Douglas in the nine months following his release from jail on the impersonation charge. After leaving jail on those charges, Douglas returned to WTOL 11 headlines a year later when he was arrested on felony charges for conning two people through an online advertisement, one of which was a 20-year retired veteran of “one of the biggest police departments in the country.” According to the article, the officer found Douglas’ name from a legitimate agency. Douglas was offering a 12-week course in 30 different classes but wanted hundreds of dollars to be wired up front. Douglas a convicted felon reached out to multiple officers trying to sell used police gear, weapons and body armor. The last known number he was using is 318-517-0326 Anyone who is contacted by him should call 911.