A Wabash woman charged with theft from Vernon Manor Rehab Center

A Wabash woman is facing theft charges after she allegedly stole more than $8,000 from a Wabash rehabilitation center.

Shannon Gidley was fired from Vernon Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center, in January after her employer discovered money missing from petty cash. According to a probable cause affidavit, Gidley handled all of the facility’s finances and transactions. Representatives from Vernon Manor said she started work in 2017 and was dismissed in January after $250 turned up missing from the petty cash fund in the safe, which only Gidley and the director had access to.

During the investigation, Vernon Manor also found that Gidley had approved over $1,400 under resident accounts, money that residents said they never received.

Investigators concluded that the over $6,000 in transactions approved by Gidley since October 2017 in addition to the missing petty cash and unauthorized charges come to over $8000 in reportedly stolen money.

Gidley was arrested and charges were filed by the Wabash County Prosecutor’s Office on March 29. She is facing a single theft charge, a Level 6 felony. After an initial hearing, a preliminary not guilty plea was automatically entered and a jury trial is scheduled for August.

You can read more in today’s Chronicle Tribune

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