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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Hanover Township woman has admitted to cashing a forged $502 check at a city pawn shop.</p><p>Amber R. Sipple, 34, pleaded guilty Monday in Luzerne County Court to a single felony count of forgery, according to court papers.</p><p>Judge David W. Lupas scheduled Sipple&#8217;s sentencing for Oct. 2.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint, Sipple in October cashed a Wachovia Bank check at Main Street Trading Post that she claimed was issued by Lebanon County Correctional Facility from an &#8220;inmate&#8217;s account.&#8221;</p><p>The pawn shop received a letter several days later indicating the account was not active and the funds were being withheld, the complaint says. The letter further advised the shop that the prison&#8217;s account is with Wells Fargo.</p><p>Wells Fargo and Wachovia merged in 2011.</p><p>An employee in the prison&#8217;s accounting office informed investigators that the check was from 2010 and not valid, police say.</p><style>
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Woman admits to cashing forged check in Wilkes-Barre pawn shop