A rural Streator woman, who previously served prison time for identity theft, has been arrested by Livingston County Sheriff authorities on new criminal charges.

Lindsay K. Essman, 26, 6257 190 E 3000 Road, was arrested this past weekend on a fraud charge and a failure to appear warrant for misuse of a credit card. She was taken Sunday to La Salle County Jail. She was placed under $24,000 bond and needs 10 percent cash, or $2,400, to be released from custody.

In February 2008, Circuit Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr. sentenced Essman to three years in prison for two counts of identity theft following a guilty plea. She could have been sentenced to many more years in prison for those charges.

Essman was living with a husband and wife in 2006 in Ottawa when she used their personal information to obtain a number of credit cards, with which she charged about $37,000, according to Ottawa police at the time. The illegal charges were made for small items and daily living expenses. She was on probation for a 2005 forgery conviction when arrested on those charges.