A Laurens woman was sentenced this week in Buena Vista County District Court to serve up to five years in prison for committing forgery.
According to the Buena Vista County Attorney’s Office, 38-year-old Tammy Steiner pleaded guilty in early July to the crime of Forgery, a class D felony. Steiner was sentenced on Monday of this week. The prison sentence, not to exceed five years, will be served with the Iowa Department of Corrections.
Steiner was accused of writing a check that did not belong to her on October 4th of 2023. A criminal complaint says Steiner forged the owner’s signature, and gave the check to her husband to make purchases at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Storm Lake. An investigation determined the checking account had been closed in 2016, and the checks were taken in a burglary of storage buildings and vehicles in Pocahontas County sometime in the nine months prior to the forged check incident. At the time, Steiner denied knowing she signed the check, and claimed she didn’t know how the check ended up in her wallet.
The State of Iowa was represented in the case by Buena Vista County Assistant Attorney Ashley Herrig.
