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A New York man reporting for jury duty has been taken into custody after a records check revealed he's wanted in Ohio.

James Geiger, of Sciopo, N.Y., reported Tuesday to the Cayuga County Court for grand jury duty and indicated on jury forms that he had been convicted of a felony in Ohio.

(A felony conviction disqualifies a person from serving on a jury.)

Court officials contacted Ohio authorities, who said Geiger was wanted on larceny and welfare fraud charges.

But Geiger told a judge in New York that he's not the man in the Ohio case.

The judge set cash bail at $500 and adjourned the case until Oct. 21.