A couple arrested for writing bad checks to buy cars and a home no longer have the same address.

Nathan Fisher remains in Lancaster County Prison. His wife, Tess, is out.

Her bail was reduced from $150,000 to $10,000 Wednesday because she was able to provide a confirmed address and because she is 8 1/2 months pregnant.

But for Nathan Fisher, who faces bad check charges in Cumberland, Dauphin and Erie counties, another charge has been added here.

Fisher, 21, and his wife Tess, 19, were initially charged by Manheim Township Police with writing more than $90,000 worth of bad checks to three local car dealers and one home builder between June 6 and July 25.

On Aug. 30, Manor Township Police charged Nathan Fisher, formerly of Lewisburg, with writing a bogus $30,247 check to purchase furniture from Interiors Furniture and Design, 3130 Columbia Ave.

The Fishers had expensive tastes. And, on various websites, Nathan Fisher created an online persona straight out of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."

But these visions of grandeur were apparently driven by more than a desire for material things.

Fisher's attorney, Cory Miller, said Friday that "Mr. Fisher suffers from a severe bipolar disorder. He has been off his medications for some time and this is all the result of that."

Miller added that now he is working "to get all of the allegations against Mr. Fisher together and expedite them in a judicious manner so we can get help for Mr. Fisher and his wife.

"His family stands behind him and they are being very supportive."

One example of Nathan Fisher's desire to create a persona who enjoyed an extravagant lifestlye began on July 22, two weeks before his Aug. 8 arrest, when Fisher began a thread on PurseBlog.com, which describes itself as "an online fashion magazine and social network, dedicated to designer handbags."

His initial post, which features his and Tess's wedding photo, is written under the username "NTFBaseball91" and details the items in a Louis Vuitton collection. In the introduction, he writes, "I'm making this a collection of my things, as well as my wife, and our unborn daughter Kyra (who already has a collection started)."

The post then lists 31 items and a "current orders" list of nine items includes a Daimler chess set Fisher subsequently said he purchased for $18,500.

Readers on the thread questioned why he did not post photos of his collection, which led to a series of brief, testy responses. On July 24, Fisher wrote a long diatribe:

"First of all, just because you aren't cultured and go to generic places for a honeymoon, doesn't mean everyone else in the world does the same thing. I'd already been to places like Paris and London and wanted to go somewhere I hadn't been to before."

He then claimed, "we are chemists. I will upload my Bucknell graduate school ID card from when I was 17 to show you that not every person in the world has to go a traditional educational route."

(A Bucknell University spokesman, however, said, "I can confirm he was not a student at Bucknell.")

He then promised to upload copies of the receipts for all the items he purchased and added, "To address the cost issue, I'll upload a purchase agreement for the house we just purchased this weekend — showing that we are paying cash for an $800,000 home."

In 2010, Fisher created a Wikipedia page for Nathan Tyler Fisher, calling himself "an American fashion designer and philanthropist."

Fisher's Wikipedia page later was deleted by moderators, who deemed it a "vanity page."

A Google search for the username "NTFBaseball91?" which Fisher used on the PurseBlog thread, locates other pages with the same username, but the online persona is an "Alexandre Chevalier," who claims to have grown up in a French castle. However, none of the pictures, which feature a blonde, curly-haired man who flexes his muscles in photos, are of Nathan Fisher.

On her Facebook page, Tess Fisher, of Parkville, Md., claims she studied "forensic anthropology" at Mercyhurst. The college was unable to verify the claim in time for this article.

Fisher's latest bad-check accusation did not result in Interiors losing any property, because the check was returned before any furnishings were delivered, store controller Thomas Williams said.

When the check bounced, Williams tried to contact the Fishers at the phone numbers they provided. He said no one answered or returned any messages.

"We were not necessarily a victim. It was just a complete waste of our time," Williams said.

Since Interiors didn't lose any property, the company didn't pursue the matter further. However, when Williams read an article about the Fishers in the Aug. 19 Sunday News, he recognized their pictures.

After reading the story, "We discussed [whether to take any action] in here, and I finally decided to contact police, just in case they would need any more evidence against them," Williams said.

Manor Township Police initiated an investigation Aug. 21, which led to the charges.

Following a video conference arraignment with the imprisoned Nathan Fisher last Tuesday, District Judge David Miller increased his bail by $6,000 for the Manor Township charge.

Fisher's bail on the initial check-kiting charges was set by Miller at $150,000.

Both Fishers also waived their preliminary hearings and their cases have moved on to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas.

They are charged with four counts of theft by deception and one count of criminal conspiracy (all third-degree felonies) and four counts of writing bad checks (all first-degree misdemeanors) for their part in a "check-kiting" scheme that took place in June and July.

Check kiting involves establishing a false line of credit by exchanging worthless checks between two or more banks. A kiter can write a check from one bank and deposit it in another bank, even though the amount of the check exceeds the amount of money available in the first bank account. The kiter will then be able to draw money from the second bank before the check clears the first bank, a process that may take a few days.

Court records show Nathan Fisher is also scheduled for trial in Cumberland, Dauphin and Erie counties for writing bad checks in Erie, Cumberland and Dauphin counties and that both Cumberland and Dauphin counties have issued bench warrants for his arrest.

Tess Fisher is not involved in any of those cases and also was not charged by Manor Township police.

csmedley@lnpnews.com