Storm Lake, IA (Northwestiowanow.com) — A Laurens woman has received her sentence after pleading guilty to forgery back in July. Judge Shayne Mayer has sentenced 38 year old Tammy Steiner to up to five years in state prison.

Steiner was arrested in October of last year after her husband used someone else’s check to make purchases at a Storm Lake auto parts store. The state of Iowa and Buena Vista County Attorney’s office prosecuted the case and said Steiner forged the owner’s name on the check. The check was reported missing after the burglary of storage buildings and vehicles in Pocahontas County.