A 64-year-old Menlo Park man who prosecutors say is a career con artist avoided prison last week at his sentencing for passing bad checks in 2004.
A San Mateo County jury in June convicted Roger Steven Miller of passing fraudulent checks to banks in Menlo Park and San Jose totaling about $14,000. On Nov. 9, Judge Joseph Scott sentenced Mr. Miller to three years’ probation. The judge agreed with Mr. Miller’s attorney that prison was no place for a man in ill health who is now actively engaged in volunteer work. For more information, go to http://www.almanacnews.com/news/show_story.php?id=1307 .
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