(Stillwater) — A Cushing woman with a criminal record of 21 forgery counts between 1998 and 2004 pleaded guilty Friday to passing two forged checks at Cushing stores on the same day in 2008.
Judy Diann Alvarado, 49, also known as Betty Skinner, remains free on $7,500 bond pending her sentencing on June 8 before District Judge Donald Worthington.
Alvarado got out of prison two years ago after serving about two and one-half years for forgery, state Department of Corrections records show.
She has also been known by the surnames of Cook, Hickey and Weiss, DOC records show.
For her latest forgery charges in Payne County, Alvarado has a plea bargain for five years in custody, according to her written guilty plea filed in court records.
Alvarado admitted in court last week that on April 12, 2008, she passed two forged checks both belonging to a Cushing woman — one for $35 to Maverick Mini-Mart and the other for $20 to L&N Liquor Store, court records show.
Cushing Police Officer Randy Evans wrote in an affidavit that on April 21, 2008, Marietta Adkins reported that a book of checks was stolen from her residence and that several forged checks were made on her account.
Five of the forged check affidavits she made at her bank were from Cushing totaling $134, while eight others were from checks passed in Stillwater, the affidavit said.
“Marietta said she believed Judy Alvarado stole her checkbook and was writing the checks on her account…Marietta also said Judy was a friend of hers and has been inside her residence,” the affidavit said.
“One of the checks was written to Maveric Mini Marts in Cushing and had the time the check was passed on the check. I went to the Maveric office and obtained a picture and video of the suspect, who was identified as Judy Alvarado, passing the check,” Evans wrote in his affidavit.
L&N Liquor Store owner Ken Duckworth said that Alvarado purchased a bottle of Canadian Windsor and vodka on a check written on Adkins’ account, the affidavit said.
According to Payne County court records, Alvarado was convicted of seven forgery counts filed in 1998 and a forgery count filed in 2000, for which she received two seven-year sentences in 2001.
She was convicted of six more forgery counts filed in 2003 and seven more forgery counts filed in 2004, for which she received two 20-year sentences in 2004, all in Payne County, court records show.
At the time of her latest forgery charges, she was on probation for 15 years after having discharged a five-year prison term in 2007, DOC records show.
