Editor's note: This article was modified Wednesday, June 25, 2003, to correct the location of Brinker Auto Sales.
Police have filed charges against the owner of a Murrysville auto dealership who they say has been defrauding customers, creditors and the state.
Glenn Dale Brinker, 68, of Murrysville, the owner of Brinker Auto Sales, is charged with selling vehicles without titles, failing to make payoffs on trade-in vehicles, writing bad checks, failing to turn in warranty applications after warranty sales, and failing to submit tax and title fees to the state Department of Transportation.
A report released Tuesday summarized a recent investigation into Brinker by the Pennsylvania State Police Vehicle Fraud Unit in Greensburg.
Charges filed before Murrysville District Justice Charles Conway include four counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, one felony and three misdemeanors; three counts of deceptive business practices, all felonies; three counts of theft by deception, all felonies; one count each of bad checks, defrauding security creditors and tampering with public records, all misdemeanors; six violations of the Board of Motor Vehicles Act; and six vehicle code violations.
When asked to comment on the charges yesterday, Brinker said he was unaware they had been filed.
