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Police issue warrant for Nesquehoning man

Editor's note: This article is being reprinted with the correct photo of Michael Atkinson. An incorrect photo was published Wednesday.

Nesquehoning Police are looking for a borough man who is wanted in connection with stealing money from his aunt in May.Officers issued a felony warrant for Michael Atkinson, 25, of 12 E. Columbus Ave. on June 22.According to the affidavit, on May 22, officer Richard Neikam was approached by Anita Straubinger and her sister, Mary Feinsilber, who wanted to report a theft.Upon speaking with the sisters, Neikam was told that Straubinger noticed when she was checking her bank statement that morning that there were three transactions totaling $709.59 that she did not authorize.She explained that the day before, she let her nephew, identified as Atkinson, take her debit card and withdraw $300 from the ATM and stop at the borough office to pay her water/sewer bill, but the other three charges that she found, she said she did not allow him to make.The first unauthorized transaction occurred at the Turkey Hill PNC Bank ATM in the amount of $501.75; the second and third were made at Redner's Warehouse Market in the amount of $105.19 and $102.65.To date, neither Nesquehoning nor Tamaqua police have been able to make contact with Atkinson.He is charged with accessing a device issued to another who did not authorize the use and identity theft.Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Atkinson is asked to call Nesquehoning Police at 570-669-9111.

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