Keith King and Daryl Jungroth. (OTCDF)
Pelican Rapids, MN – Two men have been charged with offering a forged check in Otter Tail County.
62-year-old Keith King of St. Cloud and 51-year-old Daryl Jungroth of Elk River were both arrested on Tuesday, November 18 for attempting to cash a fraudulent check at a bank, King in Pelican Rapids and Jungroth in Fergus Falls. Court documents show both men telling law enforcement that they had received the check from their employer, but did not know his last name or the name of the company they had worked for.
King told Pelican Rapids police that he, another worker, believed by police to be Jungroth, and his employer rode together from St. Cloud. He said that his employer dropped the other man in Fergus Falls to cash his check, then dropped King off at the bank in Pelican Rapids and was gone when he came out.
Court documents say Jungroth told Fergus Falls police that he and his roommate at a homeless shelter in St. Cloud came up to the area to work on a lake cabin. He said he agreed to it because the roommate knew the foreman.
Both King and Jungroth told police they were supposed to be paid a few hundred dollars, but learned at the banks that the checks they were given were for $3,245.20 and $2,775.80, respectively. The owners of the checking accounts were contacted, and both denied having written the checks. The bank employee in Pelican Rapids told police the check there was refused because the signature was photocopied and the writing had been changed.
King and Jungroth made their first court appearance Thursday morning and have been charged with offering a forged check, a felony offense. The court documents do not say if the alleged employer has been identified.
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