Glen Rock Chamber President Charged With Using Stolen Credit Card

GLEN ROCK, NJ — The president of the Chamber of Commerce was charged Thursday with using a stolen credit card to pay traffic tickets, police announced.

Julie Maxwell Allen also used the card to pay for motor vehicle restoration fees and a mattress, a court summons states. Allen charged $1,540 on the card, according to the summons.

Allen turned herself into police around 6 p.m., was processed and released pending a Feb. 16 appearance in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.

Authorities learned of the theft after Allen tried to use the card to pay a delinquent traffic ticket, Ackermann said. The card was rejected when its out-of-state owner contested the charge, he said.

The cardholder, "had never been in the state of New Jersey, does not know Ms. Allen and did not authorize use of the credit card," Ackermann said.

Police originally arrested Allen on a warrant on an unpaid traffic ticket Jan. 8, Ackermann said. She posted $421 bail and was released.

She is also the publisher of Glen Rock News Today.

Allen could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday night.

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