Northwest Florida man accused of forgery, false representation

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A Washington County man has been accused of forgery and false representation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), its agents arrested Daryl Gary Boehlke, 55, of Chipley, last month on one count each of uttering a forged note, forgery, and obtaining a promissory note by false representation, all third-degree felonies.

Soon after he bonded out, agents arrested Boehlke for two counts of forgery and two counts of false verification under the Florida Pawnbroker Act (a second-degree felony), the FDLE said.

In February 2022, the FDLE Panama City Field Office began an investigation into allegations that a man calling himself Declan Quinn was living under an assumed name and committing fraudulent transactions in and around the 14^th Judicial Circuit, the FDLE said.

Agents with the FDLE said they were able to identify Quinn as Daryl Gary Boehlke, a convicted felon from Wisconsin.

The investigation allegedly showed that Boehlke, posing as an Irish immigrant and former member of the Irish Army, won the position of HOA Board of Directors president for his Washington County neighborhood under his false identity. Agents said they found that Boehlke fraudulently obtained a $17,000 loan from a neighbor, signing a notarized promissory note under his fictitious name to repay the loan, which he failed to do.

Investigators alleged that they also found that Boehlke fraudulently presented a fictitious Irish passport as his identification when pawning items for more than $1,000 in Bay County.

The initial charges and arrest were for offenses Boehlke is alleged to have committed in Washington County, while the other charges were for offenses allegedly committed in Bay County. As a result of FDLE’s investigation, Boehlke was charged by the Florida Highway Patrol on October 26 for additional crimes in their purview.

Boehlke was booked into the Washington County Jail on a no-bond status pending first appearance in the October 26 arrest. He was booked into Bay County Jail on a no-bond status pending first appearance in the arrest that followed. The case will be prosecuted by the State Attorney’s Office, 14th Judicial Circuit.