Police: Woman submitted forged documents to parole officer

Police: Woman submitted forged documents to parole officer

PARAGOULD , Ark. (KAIT) - A Paragould woman was arrested after police said she submitted forged community service notes to her parole officer.

Kathy Newman is being held in the Greene County Detention Center on a $15,000 cash/surety bond. District Court Judge Curtis Hitt found probable cause to hold her on suspicion of second-degree forgery, a Class C felony.

According to an affidavit by Cpl. Tron Beesley, an Arkansas Probation/Parole agent contacted the Paragould Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit on Oct. 13 about paperwork Newman had submitted.

The agent said Newman had been directed to work community service hours to pay delinquent supervision fees. That afternoon, Newman’s daughter brought in two handwritten notes stating Newman worked six hours of community service on Oct. 8 and 5.5 hours on Oct. 12, Beesley wrote.

Both notes were signed by someone named “Jenny Lyons” at Mission Outreach, according to the affidavit.

Because Mission Outreach typically does not handwrite notes, the agent called the organization and was told the notes were not believed to be legitimate since Lyons was not present on Oct. 12.

“The agent stated that they contacted Ms. Newman about the forged documents,” Beesley wrote. “Ms. Newman admitted that she knew they were forged but that it was not her idea.”

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