A Garnett woman whom prosecutors say swindled her grandmother and a local church out of thousands of dollars over the course of several weeks earlier this year was formally a-reigned on chargers Monday morning. Jennifer McSwane of Garnett appeared in court Monday the 13th at 11:30a.m. was charged with more than 40 charges of felony forgery, felony non-residential burglary, as well as felony and misdemeanor theft. Church officials discovered the theft when checks written to the city of Garnett, drawn on the emptied bank account, were returned unpaid in late February. McSwane told police investigators she spent the money, pegged at some $16,000, on “shoes and dumb things.” McSwane is being held in Anderson County jail in Lieu of $25,000 bond.
