CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Cheyenne man is facing a felony forgery charge after allegedly forging his ex-girlfriend’s signature on the title to her mobile home.
Aaron Benjamin Christmann, the suspect, was arrested on July 25 after an investigation revealed that a notary who works with him signed the document while the woman was not present.
According to court documents, Christmann’s ex-girlfriend was four hours away in Hot Springs, South Dakota, when the fraudulent signature was created, and she never received the $4,000 listed as the sale price.
A Laramie County Sheriff’s deputy responded to the woman’s July 2 call, during which she claimed her mobile home title had been forged. On July 7, she gave the deputy a copy of the title from the Laramie County Courthouse and stated that the signature listed as the seller’s was not hers.
To prove she was out of town when the signature was made, she presented the deputy with bank statements from Hot Springs made between June 23 and June 30. The notary date on the title was June 26, and the sale date was June 27.
The investigation led the deputy to the notary, who signed the title. The notary, who works with Christmann, informed the deputy on July 8 that she notarized the document after Christmann presented it to her. She stated that the woman was not present and did not sign the document in her presence. She did see Christmann sign the title, though she wasn’t sure what he was signing.
The title shows Christmann as the purchaser for $4,000, but his ex-girlfriend told the deputy she never received payment.
Deputies attempted to reach Christmann by phone on July 8, but were unsuccessful. A check of Christmann’s workplaces, Walmart and Lowe’s, revealed that he had not shown up for work since being served civil papers the previous week. He was reportedly fired by Lowe’s on the morning of July 8.
Christmann is presumed innocent unless he pleads or is found guilty.
