Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Check Theft from Father's Business
A New Jersey man is charged with cashing $28,530 in stolen checks from his father's Palmer Township business.
A New Jersey man is in prison for allegedly stealing checks from his father and cashing them at a Palmer Township bank.
Bryan T. Vanassen, 32, of 419 Montana Road, Washington, N.J., was arraigned before District Judge Jacqueline Taschner Wednesday on charges of theft by deception, forgery and receiving stolen property.
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Court records state that between April 12 and Sept. 2, 2011, Vanassen wrote 43 checks totaling $28,530 that he paid to himself.
The checks were drawn from two accounts from his father's business, where Vanassen worked. Court records did not indicate the business name.
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According to police, Vanassen forged the name of his father and cashed the checks at TD Bank in .
Three checks were also cashed at another TD Bank branch in Bethlehem.
On Nov. 23, 2011, Vanassen's father, Karl, met with Palmer Township police to file a report against his son for forgery and theft.
He told police that 21 checks totaling $13,745 were taken from one account, while 22 checks totaling $14,785 came from a debit account in which the son ordered checks.
Vanassen confessed when he was interviewed by a Greenwich Township police officer on a related investigation. He is being held in Warren County Prison in New Jersey.