A Summerville man was arrested Wednesday on a first degree forgery charge stemning from an incident that occurred back in January.

According to the incident provided by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department, Kurtis Chadwick Watkins of Summerville is accused of writing over $9,000 of checks on the bank account of a Chattooga County woman without her knowledge.

According to the police report, Watkins knew the victim and was writing checks on her account.