Woman Forges Money Order, Mails It to Local Magistrate Office to Pay for Fines

| September 1, 2018

KNOX BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) – A 30-year-old woman is facing a felony forgery charge after she allegedly altered a money order to pay fines at a local magistrate’s office.

Court documents indicate the Knox Borough Police Department filed criminal charges against 30-year-old June L. Burkey, of Bruin, Butler County.

According to a criminal complaint, on April 2, June Burkey forged a money order from the Bruin, Pa. United States Post Office by handwriting a number two in front of the printed $5.00 original money order purchased, so it appeared that the money order was for $25.00.

Burkey then mailed the money order to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Magistrate Office 18-3-03, in Knox, to pay for fines for herself and her husband.

The magistrate office received the money order in the mail on April 9.

Based on the investigation, Burkey was arraigned at 1:03 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, in Magisterial District Judge Timothy P. Schill’s office.

She faces a second-degree felony count of Forgery – Unauthorized Act in Writing.

Unable to post $5,000.00 cash bail, she was lodged in the Clarion County Jail.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 4, with Judge Schill presiding.


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