Former Seacoast Swindler Sent Back To Prison In Alabama For 54 Months

MOBILE, AL — A former New Hampshire felon, convicted on multiple charges after incidents on the Seacoast and in the central part of the state, was convicted and sent to prison again on new charges in U.S. District Court, including bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Ramie Renee Marston, 54, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was convicted in April on the charges and was sentenced to 54 months in prison. According to investigators, Marston was previously convicted and served prison time on various federal felony fraud convictions in New Hampshire — including access device fraud, fraud in connection with identification documents, false representation of a Social Security number, and bankruptcy fraud. After being released from prison in New Hampshire in August 2018, she married Robert Alan Peters, a convicted armed bank robber and felon who possessed a firearm in Oregon, after he relocated to Alabama.

Three days after being released from prison, Marston and Peters visited a branch of Regions Bank in Tillman’s Corner, Alabama, open two new accounts, and used fraudulent checks to fund the accounts.

“Marston admitted that she knew the checks used to open the accounts were fraudulent and contained inaccurate and invalid account numbers,” U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama said. “Marston and Peters later withdrew money from the accounts, generating a loss to the bank.”

Marston and Peters were captured on bank surveillance video opening the accounts.

About four months later, Marston applied to Sallie Mae for a student loan to attend Remington College in Mobile, AL. On the application, she put down a cosigner without this person’s knowledge or authorization.

After serving her sentence, Marston will be on supervised release for five years. During that time, she will undergo testing and treatment for substance abuse, mental health evaluation and treatment, and be subject to credit restrictions. She was also ordered to repay $12,858.35 for victim restitution.

Peters also faced charges in the case but died in May 2022.

Marston was originally convicted in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire in October 2009 on charges of access device fraud, fraud in connection with identification documents, and false representation of a Social Security number while working in Portsmouth.

Marston was arrested again on a bad check charge and convicted in 2011. She was released from prison in 2014.

In 2016, she was pursued by the U.S. Marshals Service for a federal release violation after a bank fraud case. She was arrested in Corryton, TN.

Marston was also arrested in September 2017 in Windham for issuing bad checks. She was also charged with two felony counts of forgery in December 2017 after incidents in Merrimack in October 2016. She was indicted on the charges and pleaded guilty in November 2018.

Marston’s sentence, two years minimum to four years maximum, was suspended.

Marston’s past cases have been extensively covered by SeacoastOnline.com, which led her to sue the website, the Portsmouth Herald, and its former reporter, Elizabeth Dinan, in July 2011. The case was dismissed later. In January 2019, she filed another case against Dinan, which was also dismissed.

Marston also had restraining orders taken out against her, according to superior court records.

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