CAPE MAY — Cape May Police ended a theft investigation and filed criminal complaints against a Lower Township resident.
In a Thursday, Sept. 18 release, the department announced that Jeannette E. Peck, 46, of Lower Township, was charged by Detective Sgt. Anthony Marino with two counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of property received, a third-degree offense.
The complaints allege that Peck, as treasurer of the Cape May United Methodist Church, 635 Washington St., issued several church checks to herself between October 2007 and February 2008 that totaled over $8,000.
Peack was released on a complaint summons, and was arraigned in West Cape may Municipal Court at 9 a.m. Sept. 18.
