Police: Palmer Man Admits to Forging Parents' Checks, Pawning Jewelry
Dakoda Jordan Whitman, of Palmer Township, admits to police that he stole $2,800 in items from the family home and cashed more than $1,100 in checks by forging his stepmother's signature.
A 19-year-old man admitted to Palmer Township police he cashed more than $1,100 in family checks by forging his stepmother’s signature and stole more than $2,800 in items -- mostly jewelry -- from his family’s home. Court records say Dakoda Jordan Whitman cashed the forged checks at KNBT banks in Palmer and Lower Nazareth townships and at a Weis Market in Palmer. He cashed them between July 18 and Aug. 21. The jewelry includes a TAG Heuer watch valued at $1,600 and a yellow gold wedding band with the inscription “You’re my hero.” Whitman either pawned or sold the jewelry, the records say. Receipts from an Easton pawn shop show that Whitman began taking the jewelry at the beginning of the year. The records also say Whitman, who was recently…
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