U.S. Marshall Capture Con Artist

Jacob Nathan Larese, A.K.A "Josh MacIntire", was Captured in D.C. After Being Chases Around the Country by U. S. Marshalls

Chris Marcum
United States Marshal's were hot on the trail of Jacob Nathan Larese, tracking him from state to state always one step behind him until Friday. Marshal's received a tip that Larese was headed to Washington, D.C. on a train from Pittsburg on Friday. The unidentified tipster searched Larese's name on the Internet when it took them to WSAZ's "Most Wanted" page.

Larese became one of Charleston, West Virginia's most wanted criminal after he took out a loan at the First Bank of Charleston for 15,000 dollars. Larese falsified information in order to obtain the loan here is the information he gave. He said he worked at DiTrapano & Associates a well known law firm, had an $800,000 trust fund at Huntington Bank, estimated his residence to be worth $112,000, owned two cars one a Mercedes valued at $38,000 and a Mazda valued at $13,000.

Larese was arrested after he showed up at the bank for a fourth loan, bank officials had contacted police. The man hunt began when Larese failed to show in court. Police chased him through Chicago, Boston, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, and final Pennsylvania before being captured in Washington over the weekend. Larese is currently in jail in Washington pending an extradition hearing. He will be expedited back to West Virginia to stand trial in Kanawah County.

Marshal's say throughout his chase he impersonated at least 6 people and stole their identities as well as the identities stolen in the Charleston area. There he will face the original charges and the crime spree he has yet to be charged with. His original sentence would have been for not less than one year and no more than ten based upon his charges of felony count of False Pretenses. It will be unlikely for Larese to be set bail since he has already displayed a flight risk.It is unknown how many people in his 26 years Jacob Larese has impersonated. He has claimed to be a staff member of WSAZ in Charleston, West Virginia as well as an NBC associate while he was on the run from police.

Larese was a highly skilled con artist who managed to stay ahead of law enforcement for four months and was only caught then due to the unknown citizen who had the instinct to do a search on Larese and then have the decency to call and turn him in.

(www.wsaz.com)

Published by Chris Marcum

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  • Jane Hater2/24/2010

    Tony Gil and his wife Lori Deskins who resides at Meadowood Ct in Leesburg, VA is a major con man scam artist that befriends unsuspecting people and slowly builds up trust in them by taking them out to dinner and giving a false image of wealth as a jazz singer (tonygil.com). Once he feels he has your trust he approaches the victim with a fake business opportunity guaranteeing big returns in a short amount of time. He took law classes at William and Mary and knows how to compose fake agreements that appear legal but are really intended to give the victim a false sense of security and protect himself from losing any litigation in court. Once he has gotten the money from a victim he lies to them over and over and stalls them and then never returns a dime. Once a victim litigates him, they end up getting nothing back or a small settlement to go away quietly and not damage his reputation. Please check Loudoun Co, Arlington, Co, and Fairfax Co Civil and District Court websites for public rec

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