A public works – street superintendent for the Village of Washington Park, 37-year old Douglas T. Knowles of Washington Park, entered a plea of guilty to a one-count Indictment that charged possessing and uttering a forged check of the Village of Washington Park, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois.  Sentencing is scheduled for March 21, 2014.  In December 2012 Knowles, who is a servant, purchased and picked up a gas range from Gil Klein TV & Appliance, Inc., also known as Klein’s Brand Source, in Fairview Heights.  Knowles presented a Village of Washington Park check purported to be signed by the Mayor of Washington Park for payment.  It was later learned that Knowles forged the endorsement of the Mayor and used the gas range for his private residence.