Former MCSO lieutenant charged with theft, forgery
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A former lieutenant with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office has been accused of stealing money from his fellow officers.
Former Lt. Michael Tinner faces eight felony counts of forgery and eight misdemeanor counts of theft after allegedly stealing more than $2,400 from eight law enforcement officers that he had scheduled to work when off-duty.
According to court documents, former Tinner had contacted several deputies about off-duty security work at the Buffalo Wild Wings located in the Glendale Mall at East 62nd Street and Keystone Avenue.
Investigators said Tinner would tell the deputies they would be paid $35 hour in cash for a three-hour shift and would be paid the following week.
When Deputy Ashely Trezise was filling out a tax form she noticed a discrepancy between the form what stated she had earned and what she had been paid for her work at Buffalo Wild Wings.
Trezise then contacted Tinner about the discrepancy between the amounts of money, according to documents. Tinner asked Trezise to bring the document to him and her he would take care of the issue. About a week later, Tinner told Tezise that he had called Buffalo Wild Wings, but had yet to hear back from them. Tinner then told Tresize to not list the income on her 10-99 tax form.
Court documents then state that approximately three weeks later Tresize went to the Glendale Mall Buffalo Wild Wings and spoke with manager, David Tolson. Deputy Tresize asked why he had failed to get back to Tinner about discrepancy between the two figures. Investigators said that Tolson was unaware of any issue, that each officer was paid $45 by check each week for their work.
According to the court documents, Tolson stated Tinner would come by to pick up the checks each week. After learning of this, Tresize asked her supervisors to contact the corporate offices of Buffalo Wild Wings for copies of the checks paid to her. On the back of the each check showed “pay to the order of Michael Tinner.”
Documents state that Tinner admitted to cashing depositing each of the checks with “pay to the order of Michael E. Tinner” on the back into his JP Morgan Chase account.
Seven other police officers, deputies and former deputies have since come forward with similar such stories of Tinner doing the same to them, documents state.
Court documents show that Tinner’s crimes began in July 2015 until February of this year.
He’s due in court on Oct. 12.
