HOWELL WOMAN CHARGED LAST MONTH WITH EMBEZZLING $2.2 MILLION, NOW STANDS CHARGED WITH THEFT FROM SECOND FIRM
" Donna Cook Has Been Charged With Theft, Forgery, & False Uttering For The Alleged Theft Of $67,000 From Her Next Employer."
March 4, 2022 4:38 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
FREEHOLD, NJ.- Last Saturday, February 25, 2022 Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced, a Howell, New Jersey woman who was previously Charged in January with swindling a former employer out of more than $2.2 Million over a Seven Year time frame, now stands accused of Stealing more than $67,000 from her next employer.
Donna Cook, 52, has been Charged with Third Degree Theft by Unlawful Taking; Third Degree Forgery; and Third Degree False Uttering.
After news coverage of Ms. Cook's January Arrest, her next employer, a Shrewsbury Excavating Company reviewed their Financial records. During the review it was discovered that from November 2021 through the early part of January 2022, Ms. Cook had allegedly written Multiple Checks out to cash and a Check made out to pay an personal expense, with Forged Signatures, according to authorities.
Ms. Cook once again surrendered to authorities on Friday, February 24, 2022, and was released on a summons pending her First Appearance in Monmouth County State Superior Court.
Ms. Cook's second Arrest, comes a little more than a week after her scheduled First Appearance in her initial case against her, which resulted in seperate Charges of Second Degree Theft, Third Degree, Third Degree Forgery, and Third Degree False Uttering in connection with Ms. Cook's actions taken while she was previously employed at a Tinton Falls Construction Company.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER MARCH 4, 2022: LAW, MONMOUTH: