Rockford woman to plead guilty to theft from father’s bank account

By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com

A Rockford woman who was charged with stealing more than $20,000 from her father through unauthorized ATM withdrawals and forged checks has indicated she will plead guilty, although the particulars of a plea agreement have not been filed yet in Butler County District Court.

Kimberly Kay Loomis, age 53, was charged with first-degree theft, a Class C felony; forgery, a Class D felony; and unauthorized use of a credit card, an aggravated misdemeanor, for allegedly writing checks on her father’s bank account without his permission totaling almost $17,000, and allegedly withdrawing almost $4,000 in funds through her father’s ATM account.

She initially pleaded not guilty and trial had been set to begin on Tuesday this week in Allison.

Late last month, however, her attorney filed a motion to remove the trial from the court docket and set a plea hearing, writing, “The parties have continued discussions regarding a suitable plea agreement and given additional time a Written Plea of Guilty will be filed.”

District Court Judge DeDra Schroeder filed an order setting a plea hearing for July 24 in Butler County District Court.

According to court documents, a Butler County deputy was contacted by the Iowa Department of Human Services about a possible case of elder abuse. He contacted First Security Bank in Charles City and was told the activity was not normal for the father.

Correspondence between the father’s attorney and the bank allegedly showed $3,968 in disputed ATM withdrawals and nine checks allegedly written on the account without permission, totaling $16,867.

Because the bank had reimbursed a portion of the total to the accounts it was now also a victim of the theft, the deputy wrote.