A Port Allegany man is facing bad check charges after writing a check for over $19,900 and failing to honor it. Venango County Court records say that 43 year-old Jeffery Evens is charged with theft by deception and writing a bad check. Evens is accused of offering the check for the purchase of scrap cars and metal in Seneca to take to places in Pennsylvania and New York state. Court records also indicate that Evens has pleaded guilty to 15 bad check charges since 1995 and a receiving stolen property charge in 2014.