Indicted Wabash Township trustee appears for initial hearing
Teising has also been ordered for fingerprinting and processing at the Tippecanoe County Sheriff s Office.
Posted: May 28, 2021 9:02 AM
Updated: May 28, 2021 11:05 AM
Posted By: Joseph Paul
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) The Wabash Township trustee accused of theft appeared Friday morning for an initial hearing.
As News 18 previously reported, Jennifer Teising was indicted by a grand jury May 12 on 20 counts of theft. Prosecutors allege Teising wasn t living in the township from June 2020 to February 2021 but collected a township paycheck every two weeks, amounting to nearly two dozen cases of theft.
During the hearing, Teising s attorney, Indianapolis-based Karen Celestino-Horseman, asked to waive the reading of Teising s charges and advisement of rights.