Pocomoke Woman Stole Checks, Cashed Them

Nancy Drury Duncan

Staff Writer

ACCOMAC -- A presentence report was ordered for a woman who illegally obtained checks belonging to others and modified the names of the payees on the checks to make them payable to Food Lion, where she cashed them.

Kimberly Kenny, 36, of Pocomoke City, Md. got the checks from three different women in the northern part of the county, who had written the checks to pay bills, said Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Matthew Brenner.

Some were taken from mailboxes, he said. A Food Lion surveillance videotape showed Kenny cashing the checks. The crime was discovered when the women began to receive calls about unpaid bills.

They checked with their bank and police were called when it was clear the checks were taken. One check was made out to the electric company and then changed to make Food Lion the payee, said Brenner. All were cashed at the Food Lion in Oak Hall.

"Food Lion took the checks, no questions asked," Brenner told the court. He said the bank paid the checks and were owed restitution.

Defense attorney Patrick Robbins called his client cooperative and said the $314 in restitution would be paid by the time Kenny returned to court for her sentencing.

He said Kenny had a crack cocaine habit but was in treatment while on probation in the state of Maryland. He said she was tested often for drug use and was successfully completing the requirements of her probation there.

"In consideration of the fact that you are enrolled in a program and are successful, I will allow you to remain on bond and continue with your program," said Circuit Judge W. Revell Lewis III.

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