Thursday, November 24, 2011

Fort Dodge Man Caught Cashing False Check

In preparation to move a dozen inmates out of the jail, Johnson County Sheriff Department Sergeant Demetrius Marlowe places restraints on an inmate at the Johnson County Jail in Iowa City in the early morning hours of Friday, October 14, 2011. The jail routinely moves some inmates to other county jails in order to have enough space to handle arrests on weekends that include University of Iowa home football games. (Matt Nelson/SourceMedia Group News)

IOWA CITY – A 34-year-old Fort Dodge man was arrested after cashing a false check the same day his license photo was captured, authorities said.

According to a criminal report from October, Davon M. Butts, of 809 16th St., entered the Waterfront Hy-Vee in Iowa City at 8 p.m. October 14 to cash a check in the amount of $987.82. Police said the check showed an account belonging to Hodge Construction at Bank of America, which the business had no such account with ever, nor were they ever associated with Butts.

Police said Butts used an Iowa driver’s license and noticed his license photo looked like the same person in the same shirt in the surveillance video cashing the check, adding his identification photograph was taken the same day he cashed the check.

Butts is charged with forgery, a Class D felony, identity theft and third-degree theft, both aggravated misdemeanors.

Source: http://www.kcrg.com

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