Palmer Police: Easton Man Cashed Forged Checks

An Easton man is the latest person charged in a check forgery scheme involving a Palmer Township business.

Kenneth Ennis, 23, whose last known address was on the 200 block of W. Nesquehoning Street, was charged Wednesday with theft, forgery and receiving stolen property.

According to court records, officials at Magnetic Windings alerted Palmer police in April that several counterfeit checks had been cashed using a company account.

The checks carried the phony business name of "Inspiron" and a fake address in Freemansburg. Magnetic Windings is on Freemansburg Avenue. Also, Freemansburg is misspelled as "Freemamnsburg."

But the account and routing numbers match those of Magnetic Windings' payroll account with a local PNC Bank.

in connection with the scheme. 

Ennis was arrested for allegedly cashing two checks -- one for $698 and one for $784 -- at local Wal-Mart stores. Police say store surevillance cameras captured Ennis cashing the checks.

He was arraigned before on-duty District Judge Gay Elwell in Easton and sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.