Rokita has eyes on more Coles cash
Attorney general files lawsuit to get former Fairfield Township trustee to pay for audit and investigation that led to her conviction on theft, other charges in 2023.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES LAWSUIT TO GET MORE RESTITUTION FROM FORMER FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Former Fairfield Township Trustee Taletha Coles, already on the hook for more than $40,000 in restitution tied to a guilty plea in 2023, faces even more in a lawsuit filed this week by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.
The new lawsuit, filed in Tippecanoe Superior Court, asks to recover $138,304 in misappropriated or undocumented funds and costs associated from a State Board of Accounts audit that detailed problematic accounting and spending before Coles resigned from the post in 2022.
Among the charges, the filing includes $52,156 in township funds “knowingly, intentionally and wrongfully diverted.” The State Board of Accounts investigation costs are listed at $84,483.
