Mountain Home woman arrested for forging checks at place of employment, depositing them

A Mountain Home woman has been arrested for forging checks at her place of employment and depositing them into her personal account. Thirty-two-year-old Cayla Lee Lynn Johnston was arrested last month on two felony charges.

According to the probable cause affidavit from the Mountain Home Police Department, police took the complaint in July from the business concerning three separate incidents involving Johnston.

The first was a check issued to Johnston in January which she deposited. The same check was then deposited again in July, but the date had been altered to show a July date instead of January date.

In the second incident, Johnston deposited two checks into her personal account which had been deposited in 2024.

In the third incident, Johnston took a check from September of 2024 in the amount of $195.91 that had already been deposited and changed the amount to $1,905.91 and deposited through a mobile app.

The day after the third incident, after being terminated from her job, Johnston left a voicemail confession with the business owner admitting to the forgery and theft.

The amount of theft total $2,363 and Johnston has repaid $1,797 but still owes $566.

Johnston is facing felony charges of second degree forgery and theft of property. She is free after posting $5,000 bond.

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