Hartley, Iowa — A Hartley man is in jail in Primghar after he was charged with four counts of forgery, a class D felony.
According to court records, on four different occasions in late August and early September of this year, 37-year-old James Martin Stallman of Hartley wrote four checks that were not his and all belonged to the same owner. The court records state that Stallman allegedly signed the owner’s name on the checks, and not his own. All four checks were written to Car-Go Express in Sutherland. Two of them were for $50, one was for $60, and another was for $99.59.
Jail records say the Hartley Police Department arrested Stallman on Monday of this week (December 7th), with the assistance of the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office.
According to Iowa Code, if convicted of a Class D felony, Stallman could face up to five years in prison and a fine of between $750 and $7500.
At last report, Stallman remained in the O’Brien County Jail in Primghar.
