Iowa City man accused of passing bad checks at grocery store

Iowa City man accused of passing bad checks at grocery store
Hunter
05/30/25

An Iowa City man has been arrested after allegedly passing three bad personal checks earlier this year.

According to police, 56-year-old Jeffrey Chapman of the Town and Campus Apartments on Arthur Street wrote two of the checks at New Pioneer Co-Op on South Van Buren Street  February 23^rd, and another on the 25^th.  The total of the three checks totaled nearly $600.

A warrant was issued on May 20^th; Chapman was taken into custody Thursday morning.  He faces a charge of 4^th degree theft and could be sentenced to up to a year in jail if convicted.