Prosecutors say Wabash Township Trustee Teising lived outside the township, forfeiting her position as trustee, but continued to collect a township paycheck.
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Teising received a salary payment of $1,067.31 twice a month from the township.
Does she live in West Lafayette?
Teising claims that she resides at 132 Knox Drive, but neighbors reported in December that she did not stay there. It wasn t until March that Teising actually was seen living on Knox Drive, according to observations by the Journal & Courier.
Where did Jennifer Teising live in Florida?
A Journal & Courier investigation that was published on Dec. 22 indicated Teising had not lived in the township since June the month that she sold her West Lafayette house.
On Dec. 22, a USA Today Network photographer assigned by the Journal & Courier photographed Teising outside her trailer at a Panama City Beach, Florida, RV park. That is where her phone had pinged since late October.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. David Tate knows what awaits him on the Wabash Township Board, which is at loggerheads with Jennifer Teising, the township trustee. I have to be optimistic, Tate said, because I m a firm believer that for every problem there is a solution.
Reaching those solutions, he admits, means asking some difficult questions and the persistency to get the answers to those tough questions. It requires us all working together, Tate said.
On Saturday, a caucus of the Democratic Party precinct committeemen from Wabash Township elected Tate, a retired Purdue University professor, to serve the 20-month term remaining on the board, Tippecanoe County Democratic Party Chairwoman Jacque Chosnek confirmed Wednesday.