(KMZA)--A Holton woman has been charged in a Nemaha County elder abuse case.

40-year-old Jennifer Taliaferro was arrested August 14 on a Nemaha County warrant for four counts of felony mistreatment of a dependent adult and four counts of misdemeanor theft.

The charges were filed in July following an investigation by the Sabetha Police Department.

Taliaferro is accused of the theft of prescription medications on May 26th belonging to four residents at a Sabetha nursing home where she worked , which the criminal complaint says deprived the residents of the use or benefit of the medications.

She remains held in the Nemaha County Jail on a $25,000 bond.