Since mid-June, the criminal charges filed against former Selma retailer Dorita Lynn West have continued to pile up. The pile grew a little larger Friday as more charges — this time charges of theft — have been added.

According to Selma Chief of Police William T. Riley, a detective spoke with a representative with a local bank in reference to four bad checks that were cashed at their location written by West. The checks were written from the account number of another bank.

“The total amount of checks written was over $4,000,” Riley said. “The checks were written from a worthless account.”

Riley said the department’s investigation found the checks had been dated for November 2009, December 2009 and January 2010.

West, who remains in the Dallas County Jail for a long list of charges, was brought to the Selma Police Department, Riley said, and interviewed Thursday. She was later charged with first-degree theft of property.

West will remain jailed, currently under a probationary hold for the previous charges, which include theft of property through deception, four counts of second degree theft of property and the probation hold from a previous forgery case.

West was originally jailed in mid-July after an investigation showed West allegedly attempted to swindle an elderly woman out of her car and her home.