
A 35 year old Franklin Man is lodged in the Venango county jail unable to make $15,000 bond stemming from an incident of identity theft Wednesday. The Sugarcreek Borough Police say they filed charges of identity theft, Felony 2 and Felony 3 Access Device Fraud against Michael Umstead. The officers report a known female victim reported Umstead applied for two credit cards in her name without her knowledge and ran up a balance of $2,600 on the cards. Umstead was arraigned before District Justice Patrick Lowery and remanded to Venango County Jail. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday January 11th.