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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(McKees Rocks, PA) A man is now accused of forging documents to benefit from an estate owned by his mother with dementia. According to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala’s Office yesterday, charges were filed against sixty-year-old William Suhoski of McKees Rocks on Tuesday. Police confirmed that he was one of three intended heirs of deeds that included property in Crawford County and property on Saint Leo Street in Pittsburgh that were signed in 2015. A spouse of one of the three intended heirs noticed that her husband never got any money from those deeds or sales of property. Investigators learned of a renunciation form that was reportedly signed in April of 2021 and police noted that Suhoski was given the right to administer the deeds that were originally signed by his now deceased father and his mother, who is currently suffering from dementia. He was charged with theft by deception, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and forgery. He was released on nonmonetary bond and is awaiting a preliminary hearing.  Police and the spouse were suspicious because the renunciation showed that it was signed by Suhoski’s mother after she had dementia and they were concerned that she may not have known what the form meant. An investigator for the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office contacted the woman, who notarized the form. When police spoke with that woman on March 13th, she told them that she worked for Universal Steel Buildings in McKees Rocks. She said that Suhoski was the controller for Universal Steel Buildings during April of 2021, which was the time when the renunciation form was allegedly notarized. This woman also told the police that she did not notarize any of the forms he used to take control of the estate and said her notary journal showed the same. Police expressed that the woman said he must have taken her notary stamp without her knowledge and forged her signature, two of the estate properties were later sold for $76,000 and the money appears to have gone to Suhoski. Investigators confirmed that he filed fraudulent paperwork with the Allegheny Department of Court Records to make this happen. Suhoski was charged with theft by deception, theft by unlawful taking, and receiving stolen property and forgery. He was released on nonmonetary bond and is awaiting a preliminary hearing.