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Former Chamber Treasurer Case Placed on Hold

By Greg Bebermeyer

11/29/2016

(KNZA)--The former Hiawatha Chamber of Commerce treasurer accused of violating the terms of her probation in an embezzlement case will answer to charges in Richardson County before her case continues in Brown County.

During a hearing Monday, Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill says the attorney for 43-year-old Beth Mikita asked for more time to review evidence from the Richardson County case.

Hill says her attorney's request for an O.R. bond was denied. Mikita was given a furlough to go to Richardson County to answer the charges there, but was ordered to be returned to the Brown County Jail upon release from the Richardson County Jail.

Mikita faces charges of felony possession of meth, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in Richardson County stemming from a September 12th traffic stop in the county.

She was convicted in Brown County of embezzling funds between August 2014 and April 2015 while serving as Chamber treasurer.

In June, Mikita was placed on 12-months supervised probation on charges of felony criminal use of a financial card and felony theft. She was also ordered to pay more than $8,000 restitution.

In October, she was arrested for allegedly violating the terms of probation by possessing methamphetamine, failing to report to her probation officer as directed and failing to report her Richardson County arrest.

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