IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Police say an Iowa City man forged checks that had been stolen from a local church.
Police tell the Iowa City Press-Citizen (https://icp-c.com/1uBY79y ) that 24-year-old Jerrell Clemons twice cashed fraudulent checks at a credit union bank inside a grocery store. Police say Clemons forged signatures to write checks to himself in September for $645 and $350.
Police say the checks were stolen from an office at the Church of the Nazarene.
Clemons has been charged with forgery, a felony, and third-degree theft, a misdemeanor.
Clemons could not be reached for comment Saturday.
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Information from: Iowa City Press-Citizen, https://www.press-citizen.com/
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