Taletha Coles, who spent more than three years telling alarmed staffers and frustrated township board members that how she ran the Fairfield Township offices and spent township money was nobody’s business but hers, pleaded guilty Thursday morning to four counts of theft and official misconduct tied to her days as township trustee.
Coles, 54, said little during a half-hour plea hearing, pausing only to confer with her attorney, Alex Dowers, before saying, “Yes,” each time she was asked whether she was guilty on counts ranging from using a tax-exempt township credit card to buy things for herself to profiting from the sale of personal items to the township.
