On 10-16-15 at 8:37 pm the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office arrested John Paul Martini (38) of Ruthven on a valid warrant out of Palo Alto County for: 2 counts of evasion of Iowa income tax, 4 counts of unauthorized use of credit card under $1000, and 4 counts of identity theft under $1000. He was transported without incident to the Palo Alto County Jail where he was unable to post the $10,000 cash or approved surety and was placed in jail to await his appearance before the judge.