(KIWA Staff Photo)Larchwood, Iowa — A Sioux Falls man has been arrested on a long list of felony charges in connection with an alleged forgery and money laundering scheme, defrauding, among others, a daycare in Larchwood.
A criminal complaint filed with the Lyon County Clerk of Court’s Office by the county sheriff’s office says 23-year-old Andrew Calhoon of Sioux Falls is accused of misdirecting funds meant for Wiggles and Giggles Daycare to his own use. He was arrested on Monday.
In his statements, the deputy says that during Calhoon’s tenure as the director of Wiggles and Giggles, he is believed to have committed a series of indictable offenses on a continuing basis for financial gain. The alleged offenses include forgeries, thefts, money laundering, and tampering with records. The deputy says Calhoon also knowingly and intentionally stole services from the daycare in the form of the tuition of his own child who attended the daycare.
Calhoon was charged with 23 counts of forgery, which is a class D felony, five counts of money laundering, which is a class C felony, and one count each of ongoing criminal conduct, a class B felony; second degree theft, a class D felony; and first degree theft, a class C felony. If convicted and ordered to serve all sentences consecutively — which is not the way it is normally sentenced — but since there are a large number of felony counts, Calhoon could face an over 200-year prison sentence. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of tampering with records.
A preliminary hearing has been set for Friday, August 21st.
At last report, Calhoon remained in the Lyon County Jail in Rock Rapids in lieu of a $75,000 bond.
