Man charged with felony hot check after $6,000 auction purchase in Nashville

HOPE, Ark. – A North Arkansas man is charged with a felony after authorities say he paid for more than $6,000 in tires, shop equipment and a camper from a Nashville auction house with a bad check.

Nathan Daniel Nix, 33, of Sage, was formally charged Wednesday in Hempstead County Circuit Court with one count of hot check violation over $5,000, a Class C felony punishable by three to 10 years in prison, according to a criminal information signed by Prosecuting Attorney Ben Hale.

Nix was arrested Sept. 22, seven months after a Hempstead County judge issued a warrant for him, court records show. He was released the same day after posting 10 percent of a $15,000 cash bond.

According to an affidavit filed by Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jeremy McBride, Todd Morris reported to the sheriff’s office Jan. 30 that Nix had written a check to Todd Morris Auction Company on Dec. 8, 2025, for several items bought in an online auction.

The check, drawn on River Valley Community Federal Credit Union, was for $6,047.50 and “was not any good,” Morris told a deputy, according to the affidavit.

The items were shipped to Nix’s address in Sage, in Izard County, from the auction company on Highway 278 West in Nashville, the affidavit states.

The list of items runs to more than 30 lots, including more than 50 tires, three tire machines, two tire balancers, a four-post lift, a 25-kilowatt PTO generator, a 250-gallon butane tank, a 20-foot tandem trailer, a Coleman popup camper, skid steer tracks and a rear-tine tiller, according to the affidavit.

Morris told deputies he called Nix several times and Nix said he “would take care of it,” but Morris could not reach him after Jan. 5, the affidavit states. A deputy’s calls to Nix and his wife in January and February went unanswered.

Circuit Judge Joseph Short signed the arrest warrant Feb. 17. Nix told the court he would hire his own attorney, according to the record of his first appearance.

His next court date is Oct. 5 at 9 a.m. at the Hempstead County Courthouse in Hope.