Remember
lastmonth when I wrote about the arrest of Grundy County Deputy Clerk of Court Brigette Van Nice who was charged with two counts of forgery and one count of perjury involving her role in an alleged fraudulent marriage licenses involving a gay male couples from Florida? The two men from Florida wanted to get married, but didn't want to actually physically come to Iowa. Van Nice allegedly told the men that she would take care of things for $150 and issued a bad license. In the meantime, she told her bosses that she met the men at a Waterloo truck stopped and officiated their license.
(For the record, Iowa requires that you actually come to this state to apply for a marriage license. Not only that, but there is a three-day wait period to process the license -- unless it gets waived by a judge.)
Now
the AP is reporting that Van Nice has been charged with a fourth criminal charge in connection to this case. She has now been charged with one count of "tampering with records".
Van Nice
reportedly plans to file a written plea of not guilty.
