A court hearing to revoke the probation of a former Jonesville clerk-treasurer who was convicted of stealing town funds has been postponed.
While the hearing for Melissa Schultheis, 44, had been scheduled for Monday in Bartholomew Circuit Court, court officials say the matter has been rescheduled for Dec. 3 at 11 a.m.
A state audit in late 2007 first revealed that Jonesville was missing thousands of dollars in its accounts. Schultheis, who served as Jonesville clerk-treasurer from September 1998 to January 2008, pleaded guilty almost a year later to 10 counts of theft.
Although then-Bartholomew Circuit Court judge Stephen Heimann suspended her 15-year sentence, Schultheis was ordered by the judge to make restitution payments of $300 a month until she had paid back $92,475.
While the criminal court judgment against Schulthesis was reduced to a civil judgment in 2013, this is the fifth time a petition to revoke her probation had been filed after repeatedly falling behind in her payments.
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