Jan 7, 2015 3 min read

In unrelated cases, Cumberland Township police officers filed charges against two people for allegedly using bank cards without permission.

On Aug. 7, Jessica Uphold of Carmichaels left her wallet on the counter at Sheetz at Paisley intersection. Officers viewed security footage from the store that allegedly showed Kimberly Tasker, 25, of 190 Fieldson Road, Greensboro, exit Sheetz and then return to take the wallet that Uphold forgot to pick up while making her purchases.

Tasker was charged with theft of property that was lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake, receiving stolen property, and tampering with physical evidence.

Uphold told police the wallet contained $50 cash, a Community Bank debit card, and various pieces of identification, including her driver’s license.

Approximately two hours after the wallet was taken from Sheetz, Uphold’s bank account was accessed at the BB&T Bank in the Suncrest Town Center in Morgantown, W.Va., to withdraw $83. Footage from the bank’s cameras showed two males and one female accessing the account.

However, police said those individuals have not been identified and apparently did not include Tasker.

Tasker told police she no longer had the wallet and did not think she could get it back but would try, according to the criminal complaint filed before Greene County Magisterial District Judge Lee Watson.

In another case on Dec. 11, Toni Dlugokecki of Nemacolin told police her PNC bank card was stolen from her wallet and used to access her account on four occasions to withdraw a total of $303.

Martina Keneipp, 31, of 167 Wood Ave., Nemacolin, was charged with four counts of access device fraud, four counts of identity theft, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property in the matter.

Dlogokecki said she allowed two people who were homeless to stay at her home, Brian Smitley and Keneipp. Dlogokecki told officers the two had left in her mother’s car.

Police questioned if either person used her bank card before. She said no, but acknowledged Keneipp was with her on occasions when she had used it at the store and had an opportunity to watch her enter her personal identification number.

Officer Bryan Smith attempted to contact Smitley and Keneipp but was unsuccessful. He was later notified the car had been returned to Dlugokecki’s mother and Keneipp’s driver’s license and Dlugokecki’s bank card were found inside the vehicle.

While viewing surveillance footage from First National Bank in Uniontown, PNC Bank in Brownsville and an ATM at the Uniontown Mall, Smith allegedly saw Keneipp accessing Dlugokecki’s account to make withdrawals.

Preliminary hearings have yet to be scheduled in either case.