A 31-year-old Lincoln man has been given 20 to 40 months in prison in a York case involving checks stolen years ago.

According to Court records, Joshua Fehlman had pleaded no contest after York County prosecutors lowered the theft charge to a lesser felony. Fehlman was sentenced last week. The judge said the sentence will be served at the same time as Fehlman’s other sentence. Fehlman has been serving two to three years for being a felon in possession of a gun.

Court documents say that in October 2011 a local bank discovered three false deposits of checks made out to Fehlman. The checks totaled $1,700 and had been written on an account that had been closed for seven years.