by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2014
One of three people accused of illegally cashing Social Security checks for over thirty years will live under supervision in the Stevens Point community. Charles Jost is accused of cashing his missing mother Marie Jost’s checks along with his sister, Dolores Disher...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 4, 2014
A Portage County man accused of playing a part in a Social Security check cashing scheme will be retried on those charges. Ronald Disher’s trial was last week, and ended on Friday with convictions on only two out of five charges. He was found guilty of recklessly...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 30, 2013
One of three individuals believed responsible for cashing his mother’s Social Security checks for over thirty years is expected in court today. It’s an unusual case that began over a year ago. Charles Jost of rural Amherst is accused of theft by false...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 26, 2012
One of the three family members accused of fraudulently cashing Social Security checks was back in court Thursday. Charles T. Jost entered a not-guilty plea to the charges. He was found competent to stand trial October 15th. Judge Thomas Flugar agreed there was enough...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 29, 2012
Prosecutors in Portage County now say a couple who are accused of fraudulently cashing the Social Security checks of an elderly relative also killed the woman. The new development came the same day that investigators stopped the search for human remains. Husband and...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 25, 2012
Three family members accused of taking three decades worth of an Amherst woman’s Social Security checks made their initial court appearances on Monday. Charles Jost, his sister Delores Disher and her husband Ronald Disher are believed to have fraudulently received...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 13, 2012
Portage County sheriffs deputies are continuing their search of a property in Amherst Junction, looking for the remains of a missing 100 year-old woman. Marie Jost hasn’t been seen for nearly 20 years, and three relatives are in jail — accused of...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 7, 2012
Three people have been jailed as the result of an investigation in Portage County, into a decades-old Social Security fraud case. All three – 67 year-old Delores Disher, 71 year-old Ronald Disher, and 65 year-old Charles Jost – are in custody in the...
