Just after 5p.m. Saturday evening, North Liberty Police reported arresting a man wanted in Washington County on three felony warrants. Authorities brought 50-year-old Todd Michael Thoma of North Liberty into custody, on charges of Ongoing Criminal Conduct and Unlawful Activity, a Class B Felony, and Second Degree Theft and Identity Theft, both Class D Felonies. The charges stem from a series of incidents between April and June of 2022, when Thoma allegedly used debit card information belonging to a Fort Madison resident, to make several unauthorized transactions on her checking account through Western Union transfers. The Washington Police Department was notified in late June that some of these transactions had taken place at the Washington HyVee.

Law enforcement’s investigation uncovered that Thoma used the victim’s card information, technology at his place of employment, and a female acquaintance to create the transactions. He would then travel to HyVee in Washington, among other locations, to retrieve the cash. Thoma was transported to the Washington County Jail where he has since bonded out.