Police Arrest Suspect Who Allegedly Wrote Bad Checks in Lakeville

An Elko man has been arrested for writing bad checks in Lakeville and Rosemount last year.

Mark James Czywczynski, 36, faces felony charges of issuing dishonored checks. He missed two court appearances earlier this year, and warrants for his arrest were issued, most recently this week.

He was arrested Wednesday morning and remained in the Dakota County Jail in Hastings Wednesday afternoon.

According to two criminal complaints Czywczynski, who operates a business called Ol’ Skool Trucking in Elko, called a business to a Lakeville address last June to have tires replaced on a vehicle.

Czywczynski wrote a bad check for $2,029 for that service, and didn’t respond to requests to pay the money owed, the complaint says.

Earlier, between October and December 2008, Czywczynski is accused of writing checks totaling $1,974 to a Rosemount business and failing to respond to requests to make the checks good, according to the complaint.

Czywczynski's criminal history includes five earlier convictions for writing bad checks dating back to 1998.