Rikers Island, New York: A 46-year-old Brooklynite stands accused of tampering with a court order and forging a court official’s initials in a bid to get out of jail where he was held on burglary charges.
According to City Investigation Department Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn, Dana Frontis had charges of tampering with a court order by writing in lower bond and cash bail amounts, and forging a court official’s initials added to his burglary charges.
According to Hearn:
This inmate concocted his own ‘Get out of Jail Card,’ according to the charges, but an alert correction officer spotted the ruse and thwarted that scheme. The Correction Department’s immediate referral of the matter allowed DOI investigators to quickly uncover the facts that led to this indictment obtained by the Bronx County district attorney.
UPI reports that Frontis allegedly chopped two zeros off his court-ordered bond amount of $100,000 and one off his $75,000 cash bail provision to have them read $1,000 and $7,500, respectively. To add a touch of authenticity to the document.
After pleading guilty to the earlier burglary, Frontis was handed an eight-year prison term; the forgery charges may earn him another seven years.
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