Rochester – Recently, a criminal investigation by Indiana State Police Detective Mike Tarrh resulted in the arrest of Michelle Rigney, 51, rural Kewanna, IN. Rigney is a former office manager for Smith Farm Store in Rochester, IN. She was arrested when officers from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department served her with a Fulton Circuit Court arrest warrant alleging a felony charge for theft.
Detective Tarrh started an investigation when the area manager for Smith Farm Stores reported that there were possible missing monies and deposits of store proceeds. The area manger indicated it was Rigney’s responsibility, as the office manager, to count and deposit the store’s daily income at a local bank.
The investigation revealed that Rigney purportedly misrepresented the dollar amount of deposits and took funds for personal use. She also wrote personal checks to Smith Farm Store for cash. She allegedly did not deposit the checks as required. The investigation revealed from May 2, 2014 until May 11, 2014, Rigney allegedly stole over $23,500. .
She was incarcerated in the Fulton County Jail.
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law
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