CONRAD, IOWA – A Northern Iowa woman has entered a guilty plea to a slew of felonies after she was caught allegedly stealing tens-of-thousands of dollars from her employers.
On Monday March 3, 2025, Krista Lyn Grant (pictured at top), age 49 of Conrad, Iowa, pled guilty to several charges involving thefts from Conrad Main Street Inc. and Southwest Grundy County Emergency Services Association (B-Cert). Grant was the former executive director of Conrad Main Street Inc., and a former member of B-Cert.
A guilty plea was accepted by Iowa courts on the following charges:
– Theft 1st Degree Class C Felony
– Theft 2nd Degree Class D Felony
– Theft 2nd Degree Class D Felony
– Credit Card Fraud Class D Felony
– Theft 3rd Degree Aggravated Misdemeanor
– Theft 3rd Degree Aggravated Misdemeanor
This case is set for sentencing on April 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM.
NIT previously reported that after a lengthy investigation the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office has charged Krista Lyn Grant for Theft in the 1st degree a Class C Felony. While acting as the secretary/treasurer of the Southwest Grundy County Emergency Services Association. (B-CERT)
Over a four year period from 4-20-2019 through 4-20-2023 there were 38 transactions completed including checks and credit card transactions from Farmers Savings Bank, along with 12 non-sufficient funds charges for several checks written, totaling $13,765.88.
Over that same time period at GNB Bank there were checks written, credit card transactions, debit memos and ATM withdrawals completed on the account. There were also insufficient funds charges from that institution for checks written. A high percentage of the checks written from the associations account were made out to Grant herself and deposited into her own accounts at MidwestOne and GNB Banks. The total amount being $9,644.43, making the total from Farmers Savings Bank and GNB over that time period $23,410.31.