Paragraphs three & four read: “Her attorney, Douglas
Baxter, told the judge her client had a bad reaction
when she stopped taking an antidepressant. ‘She had a panic attack and
took off,’ he said.”
“Bell did not even tell her family
where she was going. Her husband reported her missing and law enforcement
tracked her down at a casino on the Las Vegas strip. She was extradited back to
Utah County this week.”
April trial set for former Mapleton official Jeannie Bell
Published: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 2:39 p.m. MST
PROVO The
former finance controller of Mapleton accused of embezzling almost $50,000 from
the city has been ordered held on $25,000 cash-only bail.
Fourth District
Judge James Taylor set the bail Thursday and scheduled an April trial for
Jeannie Bell, 48, who skipped her arraignment on the second-degree felony theft
charge last month and fled to Las Vegas.
Her attorney, Douglas Baxter,
told the judge her client had a bad reaction when she stopped taking an
antidepressant. “She had a panic attack and took off,” he said.
Bell did
not even tell her family where she was going. Her husband reported her missing
and law enforcement tracked her down at a casino on the Las Vegas strip. She was
extradited back to Utah County this week.
Prosecutors say Bell used a
city credit card to purchase stamps and gift cards for employee bonuses, then
sold them on eBay.
Paul Koepp
