A Carbon County man admitted in the county court last week to forging checks and using the credit card of a family member.

He entered a guilty plea before Judge Joseph J. Matika.

Christopher James Sewell, 40, of White Haven, pleaded to one count of forgery, as a felony two, admitting he took personal checks of a family member and cashed them by forging her name on them and also using a credit card without permission to run up a large bill.

Sewell was arrested by state police at Hazleton for the incident in January.

Sewell faces a big restitution bill, Matika noted. The checks cashed totaled $800 and the credit card bill is $15,800.68.

Matika placed him on probation for three years and ordered restitution in the figures stated. He also ordered Sewell to render 100 hours of community service and supply a DNA sample.