Altoona Man to Face Preliminary Hearing Aug. 27

After four months and 11 bank transactions an Altoona man is awaiting a preliminary hearing on several second-degree felony and misdemeanor charges.

Allen Lee Poorman, 45 of Altoona, made withdrawals from the bank account of an East Freedom couple without their consent or knowledge obtaining $10,300 between April 16 and July 9 by falsely identifying himself as the East Freedom man.

Poorman requested the withdrawals of cash at the Kettle St., Altoona branch of the Health Care First Federal Credit Union.

According to police, two of the bank tellers who handled nine of the 11 fraudulent transacti...