Corsica Woman Sentenced to Probation for Forging Checks to Play Bingo

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – A Corsica woman accused of forging checks from a family member’s closed account to play bingo at a local fire hall was sentenced to probation.

Clarion County President Judge James Arner on July 10 sentenced 29-year-old Kylee Coon to two years probation after pleading guilty in June to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of Theft by Deception-False Impression.

Coon was also ordered to pay $920.00 in restitution and serve 50 hours of community service.

The restitution, which is less any monies already reimbursed, is to be made to the Strattanville Volunteer Fire Department and can be made on a payment schedule of $50.00 per month until it is paid off.

Coon was originally charged with Felony 2 Forgery – Alter Writing; Felony 3 Theft by Deception; and Summary – Bad Checks, but had the Felony 3 Theft by Deception changed to a Misdemeanor 1 at her June 6 plea hearing.

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, on July 31, Clarion-based State Police received a complaint about an incident of a bad check received from Kylee Coon on March 15 to play bingo at a local fire department.

The complainant reported that Coon had given the fire department the check to play bingo. It was discovered that she was in the Jefferson County Jail for related charges from using the same checks from a closed account. These checks, which were from an old bank account, were allegedly taken from her grandparents’ home. Coon then forged her grandmother’s name on the related check and gave it to the fire department for bingo.

The fire department later received the check back from the bank due to the bank account being closed.

Trooper Lingle, of the Clarion-based State Police, interviewed the victim who related she never gave Coon permission to have or sign any signature to the checks from the closed account.

Trooper Lingle also interviewed the complainant from the fire department who related that Coon gave the fire department a check for $920.00.

The complainant also related that he attempted to contact Coon through Facebook, but several months passed without Coon paying back the money, the complaint states.

Charges were filed on September 28, 2018, in Magisterial District Judge Duane L. Quinn’s office.


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