Ex-Starcadia worker faces theft charges May 30, 2002

Mark Green, former Macon Whoopee player, also charged with forgery, fraud connected with Macon entertainment center's finances

By Debbie Rhyne
Telegraph Staff Writer

Formal charges have been filed against a former Macon Whoopee hockey player who is accused of stealing from a local family entertainment center.

Mark Green, 34, faces two counts of forgery in the first degree, one count of fiduciary theft by taking and one count of financial transaction card fraud for allegedly altering checks, taking money and misusing a credit card - all of which were tied to the finances at Starcadia Entertainment Park off Bass Road.

The District Attorney's Office filed an accusation last week outlining the charges.

State law allows prosecutors to file accusations in lieu of seeking grand jury indictments when the accused already has been arrested and faces certain types of allegations, including most white-collar crimes.

Green was arrested March 7 in New York, about two weeks after 10 magistrate warrants were issued for his arrest. He was released after posting a $10,500 bond.

Though the warrants detailed 10 instances in which Green was accused of taking money from Starcadia, the accusation lists four incidents.

He is accused of cashing two checks totaling more than $1,100 that were made out to other people from Starcadia's account. Green allegedly forged the recipient's name on the checks.

Green also is accused of taking $1,300 in cash meant for Starcadia and of using the entertainment center's American Express card to pay for repairs on his personal motorcycle.

Green, who played a total of 40 games with the Whoopee as a left wing, was the manager of Starcadia for about a year until he was fired in December.

Green joined the Whoopee during the 1998-99 season, when he played 30 games. He spent the 1999-00 season in Lubbock, Texas, but rejoined the Whoopee in late 2001 and played in the last 10 games.

Green was drafted in the ninth round of the National Hockey League draft by the Winnipeg Jets in 1986. He played for 12 different teams during his minor league career, including five games in 1992 with the now-defunct Atlanta Knights.

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