Charges Filed Against Couple After Theft From Home
Charges Filed Against Couple After Theft From Home
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Charges Filed Against Couple After Theft From HomeA Syracuse couple are facing theft charges after allegedly stealing items valued at more than $6,000 while staying at a friend’s home.
Stephen Michael Ault, 31, of 8601 E. Hatchery Road, Syracuse, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 5:16 p.m. Monday for theft of property valued at least $750 and less than $50,000. His preliminary bond was set at $10,000.
Court documents filed Nov. 20, 2017, list his address as Moraine, Ohio, and the charge against him as theft, a level 6 felony.
Krystal Kay Tennant, 30, of 8601 E. Hatchery Road, Syracuse, was arrested for theft on Nov. 13, with a preliminary bond set at $10,000.
A woman told Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputy Christopher Francis on Oct. 30, 2017, that her childhood friend, Krystal Tennant, and her boyfriend, Ault, were guests at her home Oct. 24 -27, 2017.
The victim said that Tennant and Ault stole a cellphone, laptop computer, four tablets, a watch, wedding bands, rings, necklaces, a vehicle battery, video games and money. Total value of the items stolen was more than $6,500, according to court documents.
Francis learned that on Oct. 26, 2017, Ault used his Ohio identification card to sell jewelry to Cashland. The victim identified the jewelry sold to Cashland by Ault as jewelry stolen from her home.
Francis also found that on Oct. 27, Tennant used her Indiana operator’s license to sell an automobile battery at Omni Source. The victim identified the battery as one stolen from her home.
A warrant for Ault’s arrest was issued in November 2017.
