CHURCH POINT – Rakeim Senegal, 20, of Church Point, a waste tire transporter employed by Reds Transport, is being charged with 58 counts of forgery; 58 counts of filing a false public record; one count of theft of approximately $7,715.50; and one count of Waste Tire Fund fraud greater than $500.

Senegal allegedly inflated the number of eligible tires and/or forged the names of legitimate tire generators on manifests so that he could be reimbursed by Colt Tire, a waste tire processor.

Senegal is the son of Majella Green, a waste transporter who was recently arrested by DEQ-CID on the same charges.

If convicted of the crime of forgery, Senegal faces possible imprisonment for not more than 10 years with or without hard labor, or a fine of not more than $5,000, or both per count.

If convicted of the crime of filing false public records, Senegal faces possible imprisonment for not more than five years with or without hard labor, or a fine of not more than $5,000, or both per count.

If convicted of the crime of theft, each faces possible imprisonment for not more than 10 years with or without hard labor, or a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.

If convicted of the crime of Waste Tire Fund Fraud and the fraudulent taking amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more, Senegal faces imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.