Law enforcement looking for a serial check forger
Add Butler to a list of police departments seeking a suspected serial counterfeit check forger.
In all there are seven arrest warrants out for Scott Elliot Payne Jr., 30, of Pittsburgh, who already has nine forgery convictions in Pennsylvania. He is wanted in five counties.
District Judge William Fullerton of Butler on Monday issued the latest warrant for Payne's arrest — this one in connection with an alleged bounced bogus check written in August.
Butler police said the defendant on Aug. 23 passed what looked to be an authentic Eat'n Park payroll check at the former Friedman's supermarket on West Brady Street. He used his state identification card to cash the check for $426.02.
Friedman's, however, was later informed by its bank that the check was fake.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
