Former Johnstown councilman arrested on fraud charges

GREELEY – Former Johnstown Town Councilman Clair Hull and owner of Pioneer Specialty Foods LLC is accused of writing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bad checks.

Hull, 55, was arrested Thursday on 28 felony charges, including theft, fraud and forgery, between 2008 and 2009. Authorities say the fraud constituted a pattern of racketeering in violation of the state Organized Crime Control Act.

Hull was elected to his first four-year term as councilman in 2006. He was re-elected to council in 2010, but resigned before finishing his second term,…