Hey Scumbagged! This guys name is George Townsend, he’s the owner of GT Repairs & Service out of Cleveland, Ohio, and he’s by far one of the biggest local area con-artists of all time. Curious George spends most of his days stealing identities, deceiving would be customers, passing bad checks and plays the PTSD card in an attempt to get out of every single jam he’s ever been in. In one special case he evaded prosecution in an 18 count felony forgery indictment by joining the marine corps.
George Townsend’s M.O. has and always will be the deception game. He’ll talk you into a deal and then after you’ve paid him your hard earned money, he’ll suddenly fall ill. If you do the work for him, he’ll gladly take what you’ve done and then refuse to pay. You’ll call his cell phone and his girlfriend (Brittany Kielman) will say he’s in the hospital, out of town, undergoing surgery or in jail. In some cases he’s been known to change his phone number entirely.
Most recently he’s defrauded his web designer (www.rjhdesigns.net) who created his corporate website www.gtrepairs.com. Mr. Townsend’s website still sits awaiting the promised payment. The web designer was even willing to make a trade for car repair work, but Mr. Townsend didn’t have the cash or spare parts to do that either. Eventually Mr. Townsend realized that he wasn’t going to be able to get the website for free and so he simply moved on in an attempt to find someone else he can swindle out of a free website.
Just last month George Townsend was locked up in Cuyahoga County Jail, this time for Grand Theft (Case #CR-17-614320-A) where he was ordered to pay $1,000 immediately towards his restitution on 08/01/2017. However, when peering into his court docket out of Cuyahoga County a similar pattern begins to emerge, one that is filled with fraud after fraud after fraud. In almost each case he’s referred to the psych department and ultimately let out of jail without paying much of a consequence.
In Lorain County he has a pending (Case #15CR091851) felony case for passing bad checks that total more than $6,000 alone. He has a “merits” hearing scheduled for violating his probation this Wednesday 8/30/2017 and there is a high probability that he will be facing prison time – then again, he might get off with playing the PTSD card, only time will tell. If the 30th doesn’t see him behind bars, then the 31st certainly could out of Cuyahoga where he is facing a plethora of fraud cases. Below you will find all of George S. Townsend’s present and past criminal history as well as personal contact information.
Where is Curious George Now?
- https://www.facebook.com/george.townsend27
- Phone Number: (440) 409-1066
- Address: 7715 Bertha Ave, Parma Ohio 44129
- Place of Business: 9801 Walford Ave, Cleveland Ohio 44102
- Business Number: (216) 414-5860
George S. Townsends Criminal History
In 2006 (Case #CR-06-488744-A) George caught his first case for identity fraud. He was charged with 4 counts of forgery. The case was ultimately dismissed after he re-payed the $400 he had stolen from the two women who were the victims of this crime.
In 2007 (Case #CR-07-499435-A) he was indicted on 18 felony counts of forging identification cards. This case resulted in a dismissal as well with the prosecutor stipulating that he “would be re-indicted if the defendant doesn’t enter the marine corps.”.
In 2014 (Case #CR-14-589085-A) he was arrested in Parma and charged with passing bad checks, attempted theft and aggravated theft. He was placed on 15 months probation, ordered to pay restitution to the victim and referred to the psychiatric clinic.
In 2014 (Case #CR-14-589134-A) he was arrested again, this time in North Royalton and found guilty again of attempted theft and aggravated theft. This case is still on going and his next court appearance is scheduled for August 31, 2017. See docket info below:
VETERAN NOT IN COURT. COUNSEL FRANCIS ARINZE PRESENT. PROBATION OFFICER(S) FABYEN ROBINSON PRESENT. PROBATION OFFICER STEPHANIE GILLIAMS PRESENT. PROSECUTOR(S) JOHN KIRKLAND PRESENT. COURT REPORTE TRICY VARGO, PRESENT. VETERS COURT COORDINATOR, PRESENT. VETERAN EXCUSED FOR ABSENCE. COMPLIANCE HEARING SET FOR 08/31/2017 AT 02:00 PM.
(Cases #CR-14-589196-A, #CR-14-590916-A & #CR-14-591171-A) more thefts, which are closely related to the above, he has an outstanding balance of $510 and a subsequent court date scheduled for August 31, 2017 on even more of these theft related charges.
In 2015 (Case #CR-15-596275-A) George Townsend was charged with felony counts of receiving stolen property and tampering with evidence. This stemming from a deposit that was made to Mr. Townsend by a potential customer, one that he refused to do work for and was ultimately ordered to release the monies back to.
In 2017 (Case #CR-15-596314-A) more thefts and aggravated thefts, court date scheduled for August 31, 2017.
Another journal entry sheds light into the severity of his crimes:
DEFENDANT IN COURT WITH COUNSEL PRESENT. COURT REPORTER PRESENT. ON A FORMER DAY OF COURT THE DEFENDANT PLEAD GUILTY TO GRAND THEFT 2913.02 A(1) F4 AS CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT. THE COURT CONSIDERED ALL REQUIRED FACTORS OF THE LAW. THE COURT FINDS THAT A COMMUNITY CONTROL / PROBATION SANCTION WILL ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND WILL NOT DEMEAN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENSE. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED TO 2 YEAR(S) OF COMMUNITY CONTROL / PROBATION ON EACH COUNT, UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: DEFENDANT TO ABIDE BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. COURT ORDERS DEFENDANT TO BE SUPERVISED BY: INTENSIVE SPECIAL PROBATION SUPERVISION UNIT SUBMIT TO REGULAR DRUG TESTING SUBMIT TO RANDOM DRUG TESTING DEFENDANT ACCEPTED IN VETERANS TREATMENT COURT (DEFENDANT IS ON A NUMBER OF PROBATION CASES) DEFENDANT TO MAKE $1,000.00 PAYMENT BY TUESDAY, 08/01/2017, WHEN HE REPORTS TO HIS PROBATION OFFICER, WHO WILL SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ALL CASES WITH RESTITUTION. DEFENDANT TO CONTINUE TREATMENT AND MEDICAL PLANS IN PLACE. VIOLATION OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN MORE RESTRICTIVE SANCTIONS, OR A PRISON TERM OF 18 MONTH(S) AS APPROVED BY LAW. DEFENDANT ADVISED OF POST RELEASE CONTROL FOR UP TO 3 YEARS. DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT IF/WHEN POST RELEASE CONTROL SUPERVISION IS IMPOSED FOLLOWING HIS/HER RELEASE FROM PRISON AND IF HE/SHE VIOLATES THAT SUPERVISION OR CONDITION OF POST RELEASE CONTROL UNDER RC 2967.131(B), PAROLE BOARD MAY IMPOSE A PRISON TERM AS PART OF THE SENTENCE OF UP TO ONE-HALF OF THE STATED PRISON TERM ORIGINALLY IMPOSED UPON THE OFFENDER. SUPERVISION FEES TO BE PAID AT A RATE OF $20.00 A MONTH. RESTITUTION ORDERED IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,500.00 TO MICHELE GALLAGHER; PAYABLE THROUGH THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE DEFENDANT IS ORDERED TO PERFORM CCWS IN LIEU OF: PAYING COSTS, PAYING FEES. NO APPEAL. THE COURT HEREBY ENTERS JUDGMENT AGAINST THE DEFENDANT IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE COSTS OF THIS PROSECUTION. 07/27/2017 CPKAO 07/27/2017 15:29:33
The Various Faces of Curious George Townsend
Fun Fact: The cases listed above are only criminal cases, we left out all of the civil cases filed against George S. Townsend. Rest assured, there’s a bunch in Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties for those as well. Lastly, these are only cases that have been brought to the court of law. Just think how many people are out there that haven’t gone through the legal process. It’s a scary thought.
COBRA Says: If this isn’t a serial fraudster, I don’t know who or what the fuck is. Talk about a total scumbag here, using the god damn military as his puppet with the courts, faking disorders. It should be evident to any judge and fucking prosecutor that this isn’t a PTSD issue, simply put, this shit started before he joined the marine corps… Only a moron would let this guy have upwards of 50 felonies without doing any jail time. Only a totally incompetent MORON!
SCUMBAGGED Tip: If you are approached by George Townsend of GT Repairs, you’ve been warned. You need to get paid up-front if he’s hired you to do a job. If you plan on bringing your vehicle to him or having him do work for you, you’re taking a huge risk. Your car could disappear or upon return, have several missing parts. We urge you to stay away from this local area con-man at all costs, otherwise it might just cost you!
References:
https://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us/CaseInfoByName.aspx
http://cp.onlinedockets.com/loraincp/case_dockets/search.aspx
I grew up with this asshole. bravo, great article, glad you could expose him for the trash he is!
You’re welcome. Glad that this offered you (and others) just a little taste of sweet revenge, in the end.
This dude is a total scumbag, sold him my car with a check and god damn mother fucker bounced. Had to take his fucking ass to court!
He took advantage of my elderly mother several years ago. We thought that he had a military post traumatic issue stemming from his service, so we allowed him to settle with us out of court and we dropped the charges. If my mother or father would have known that he had been doing this prior to joining up for the marine corporations then there wouldn’t have ever been a dropped charge, we would have pursued him to the fullest extent of the law. What he did to my family was horrible, heartbreaking and a painstaking effort. We didn’t recover from it for almost a full year, we don’t have much, but what this man took from us was more than we could afford. He should be ashamed of himself, he should never be able to operate a business and nobody should ever trust this man. The moment you trust him you will be sorry that you did. Just look at the record that he has here, it’s fairly obvious that he has something wrong with him, its not PTSD, its called being a con-man, just like the article says. PTSD doesnt have you doing the same thing repeatedly, you dont have the capacity to just rob people when your messed up in the head, not the way he does it, compationately, convincingly. I hope you go to jail tomorrow George, you deserve it and I think I will come to the court and speak on the victims behalf at this hearing or the next!
Can I just say at this that his gf Brittany is a very innocent person in the mess and has tried to leave before which has left her with her own battles with him in court for stalking and threatening her. She’s afraid. She honestly has NOTHING to do with his illegal ongoings. The poor girl and her children are saints caught by a devil.
First of all she not held captive by him she has had every chance to leave him she’s the one that chooses to stick around and come running back she may be kind of innocent but she knows who he is and how he is and what he’s done so dont try to paint her as perfect
Don’t forget about these 10 in Parma Muni:
Defendant Name Court Case Number Community Court Date Hearing Type
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 14CRA04346 NORTH ROYALTON
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 14CRB05427 NORTH ROYALTON 7/28/2016 PAYMENT HEARING
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 11CRB01669 PARMA 5/5/2011 ARRAIGNMENT
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 11TRD00316 PARMA 3/10/2011 ARRAIGNMENT
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 11TRD04184 PARMA 7/7/2011 PAYMENT HEARING
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 14CRA03426 PARMA
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 14CRA06170 PARMA
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 14CRB05871 PARMA 7/28/2016 EDWARD J. FINK PAYMENT HRG
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 17TRD05597 PARMA 7/5/2017 ARRAIGNMENT
TOWNSEND, GEORGE S 16CRA04173 SEVEN HILLS 3/20/2017 APPEARANCE
Ummmmm, you can only claim ptsd if you actually were deployed and GEORGE NEVER WAS DEPLOYED! He actually hurt his back originally from jumping off a truck BEFORE GOING INTO THE SERVICE! How dare he make fun of the servicemen of this great country. You get ptsd from being out there on the front line and in war. Not from scamming people. Maybe he has ptsd from being in jaul so much!
This scum bum took me for $500 and my cousin for 1,500
We bought his bullshit story about blah blah blah. He is a born loser. He visits the hand to mouth clinic regularly. Popping pills is a hobby for this banana head.
Stay away from him.
100% perpetrator
This guy tried to buy my mothers house under a false identity as a “cash deal” and Howard Hannah in North Royalton dropped the ball with the letter of credit and additionally my mother bought a new home and was in biggest jam of her life which ultimately lead to her death 2 months later as far as I’m concerned. I hope he violates his probabtion and gets what he truly deserves
He has had out truck now for 7 MONTHS and keeps making excuses why we can’t get it. We went to the courts today to take legal action.
Georgy Porgy just got ANOTHER judgment against him in Parma Muni Court stemming from his auto business he opened. Guess he didn’t think he had to pay the auto part store that he got parts from to fix peoples cars. Apparently he never thinks. And he never follows the law. Nothing but a criminal. Just like his dad.
Some people never learn…
This guy just tried to solicit my coworker.
Solicit how exactly?
George is finally locked up in Grafton! He should be in there for another year! Whoohoo.
George is out here in Lorain Ohio doing same shit to people out here he promised to do shit and failed his current address is 2906 Colorado ave in Lorain Ohio he works at motor City on Colorado ave and lives with Nicole belt. He owes us too much money
and that is his
Curious George is something else he was getting money from us since 2021 when he took kids to fair and said he lost his wallet he promised to make rooms in basement but he only tore it up and didn’t do shit but tear up ..but his updated address is 2906 Colorado ave. His work is at motor City on Colorado ave Lorain Ohio that’s his uh played info cuz he never changed from 2017
I mean his address is 2609 Colorado ave