Trustee Jennifer Teising and her attorney outside of Tippecanoe County Courthouse Tuesday (WBAA News/Ben Thorp)
Attorneys for the state argued in court on Tuesday that Wabash Township Trustee Jennifer Teising’s request for a change of venue and prosecutor should be denied.
Teising was indicted in May on charges that she had illegally withdrawn her trustee salary while not a legal resident of the township, charges she denies.
In late June, Teising s attorney, Karen Celestino-Horseman, filed for a change of venue and a special prosecutor, arguing that Teising would not receive a fair trial in Tippecanoe or surrounding counties because of “inflamed” passions due to extensive pretrial publicity.
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Wabash Township trustee wants her trial moved outside of Tippecanoe County Ron Wilkins, Lafayette Journal & Courier © Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courier Jennifer Teising, Wabash Trustee, walks out of Tippecanoe County Magistrate Court after an initial hearing, Friday. May 27, 2021 in Lafayette. A grand jury indited Teising on 20 counts of felony theft on May 12 for allegedly receiving her salary while not living in the township, as required by law.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Wabash Township Trustee Jennifer Teising doesn t want to be judged or tried in Tippecanoe County on 20 felony charges that she stole taxpayer money.
During the first-term Democratic trustee s initial hearing, Teising s attorney, Karen Celestino-Horseman, said she plans to file motions for a change of venue, a change of judge and a change of prosecutors.