Police have charged a Runnemede man with forgery after he allegedly showed a forged receipt to a municipal court clerk on Dec. 1 in order to avoid paying a fine.

Jaime Fellman, 23, of Rambler Avenue, was arrested Friday on the forgery charge and a related offense, according to Gloucester Township Police.

Fellman was in Gloucester Township Municipal Court on Dec. 1 to set up a payment plan after he pleaded guilty to a motor vehicle violation in November, police said.

The Runnemede man reportedly told Judge Nicholas Trabosh that he had already made a payment on his fine—a payment the judge did not see in his records on the traffic case. After Fellman told the judge he had a receipt, Trabosh directed him to the court clerk's office to attempt to clear up the potential clerical error.

Fellman allegedly provided the court clerk, who could not locate a record of the Runnemede man's supposed payment, with a forged receipt.

An extensive check of the court's records system indicated that Fellman had never made a payment on the traffic fine, police said.

Police also determined the municipal court office was closed the day the bogus receipt indicated Fellman had made a payment.

Fellman was charged with forgery and and falsifying or tampering with a document. He was lodged in Camden County Jail on $5,000 bail.

Feldman was also served warrants from Pine Hill Borough and Pittsgrove Township.