[News From SheridanMedia.com]
A 28-year-old Sheridan man was sentenced in Fourth Judicial District Court Thursday for signing a number of checks under his deceased father’s name to obtain property on an account that was closed. In December of 2020, Cory Morton was arrested and charged with eight counts of felony forgery for issuing checks from a closed checking account that once belonged to his deceased father. The checks were issued at three different businesses in Sheridan last year over a period of several days in late December.
District Court Judge John Fenn accepted the terms of the plea agreement that was reached with the State, and sentenced Morton to 4 to 6 years in prison for each count, consecutive to one another, and suspended the sentence in lieu of a 180-day split-sentence and three years of supervised probation. Morton was given 176 days of credit for time served and was ordered to pay $854 in restitution, $1,725 in various court costs and fees and $500 in attorney fees.
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Last modified: November 5, 2021