Lewisburg Man Charged After Stolen Phone Used for Cash App Theft

Three Union County residents face felony charges after a Samsung Galaxy S22 lost at the Snow White Laundromat in Milton was used to drain $560 from the owner's bank account through a series of Cash App transactions, according to the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department.

Coco Maurer-Iezzi, 43, of Lewisburg, Daniel Raymond Engleman, 35, of White Deer Township, and Kari Jo Zimmerman, of Milton, were each charged with two felony counts of access device fraud and eight misdemeanors: two counts each of theft of lost property, identity theft, theft by unlawful taking, and receiving stolen property. Detective Gary Heckman filed the charges in the Lewisburg office of District Judge Jeffrey Rowe.

The victim lost the phone on July 18 and did not contact police until July 21. In the intervening days, the phone had already been found by the manager of the Snow White Laundromat on July 19, and whoever accessed it had already moved quickly through the victim's Pinpoint Federal Credit Union account.

Three Cash App transfers cleared on July 18 alone: $200 sent to an account listed as "Safe" and two separate payments of $150 each sent to "Coco Mauer," according to police. The following day, two more transfers of $3 and $61 went to "Safe," with additional amounts sent to "Mary Jane Zimmerman." The reported total withdrawn from the account was $560.

Police said the money was spent on skills games and drugs at the Snow White Laundromat.

Engleman had not been arraigned as of the time charges were filed. Before Detective Heckman could arrange an interview with him, Engleman absconded from state parole on Oct. 9 after learning he was wanted on an arrest warrant issued by a separate agency in an unrelated matter, according to police.

Maurer-Iezzi's address is listed as 313 N. Derr Street, Lewisburg, in charging documents. Zimmerman is listed as a Milton resident. No arraignment dates for either have been confirmed in available records.