Damn. It's one thing to die and go straight to Hell. It's another to be prosecuted for kiting checks on top of it. All was not lost, though. She stole a wallet while she was there, as well. Forgiveness, ya think? I don't think the cops are that Christian.
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. (AP) -- Police said a woman put a forged $50 check in a church offering plate and stole a woman's wallet from a pew in the same western Pennsylvania church. New Brighton police Chief Charles Van Fossan said Tuesday that police were still searching for a 20-year-old woman. She allegedly committed the crimes at First Presbyterian Church in New Brighton on Sunday.
Police said the offering check was from a previously stolen checkbook.
The woman used a credit card from the stolen wallet to buy about $200 worth of merchandise from a dollar store and a convenience store. Police said the woman also tried to use a credit card stolen from another church to get a $16,000 cash advance that a bank refused to issue.
"While you may be right with the Lord, the state of Pennsylvania's a little more hard-nosed..."
Posted by: mojo | Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 11:21 AM