A 65-year-old New Jersey woman was charged April 4 with stealing more than $1.8 million over six years from her Allentown employer.

Allentown Police charged Nelann Quigley, of 107 Lakeview Ave., Watchung, N.J., with one count of theft by unlawful taking or disposition, a third-degree felony.

She turned herself in to authorities April 4 and was scheduled to be arraigned in Lehigh County Central Booking.

According to an affidavit of probable cause for arrest filed by an Allentown detective Feb. 13, James Weppler, the owner of Aetna Felt Corp., 2401 W. Emaus Ave., Allentown, reported $700,000 in business funds had been stolen between January 2012 and January 2014. Weppler told police Quigley had written numerous checks against the company bank account without permission.

On Feb. 17, Allentown police began an investigation with the assistance of Aetna Felt and the corporation's financial institution, First Niagara Bank. The investigation discovered the thefts dated to 2008 and not 2012 as previously believed.

Weppler gave police bank copies of about 267 checks written against the business account of Aetna Felt without permission. The checks had been written between Jan. 9, 2008 and Jan. 24, 2014. The total loss from the unauthorized checks was $1,851,423. All of the checks had been endorsed by Quigley and there was no second endorsement as the business required.

The checks had been written by Quigley to Bank of America, Card Services (Barclay Card), All State Insurance, Toyota Financial, Discover Financial, Jared Galleria and herself. All the accounts were owned and managed by the defendant.

The investigation determined Quigley had a Sands Casino player card from October 2012 through February and accumulated a total loss of more than $770,965.

As in every criminal case, the fact an arrest has occurred or a complaint has been filed is merely an accusation; and the defendant, Nelann Quigley, is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.