A former City of Briarcliff employee who pled guilty to stealing money from a water department account in 2019 was back in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday facing the revocation of the four-year suspended sentence she received in the theft case.
Forty-two-year-old Teri Buege of Mountain Home pled not guilty to violating the terms and conditions of her probation.
In the theft case, Buege was charged with stealing money from Briarcliff city coffers during a period from Dec. 1, 2017 to July 3, 2018.
Investigators said money was diverted from deposits for water service, cash payments received but not recorded or deposited and at least one forged check.
When she was sentenced, it was announced in court by her attorney that she was prepared to pay back the money she had taken.
Buege was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center May 11 on charges of violating her probation.
A revocation petition filed in late April accuses Buege of being a no show for a scheduled office visit and not informing probation and parole of an address change.
She is also charged with breaking off contact with probation and parole. At the time the petition was filed, Buege’s whereabouts were unknown.
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