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Huntley Teacher Charged with Theft Pleads Not Guilty

Kimberlee Hoffmann appeared in court this week and pleaded not guilty, the Northwest Herald reports.

 

Huntley High School teacher Kimberlee Hoffman appeared in McHenry County court Wednesday where she pleaded not guilty to theft of mislaid or lost property, the Herald reports.

Hoffmann, 42, of 1004 Kerim Court, Marengo, is charged with theft at the high school, 13719 Harmony Road, on Sept. 5.

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According to Huntley police, the victim placed her iPod Touch and Motorola Atrix cell phone down while in the bathroom at the school and forgot to pick up the items when she left.

When she remembered that she forgot the items, she went back to the bathroom and the items were missing, reports stated. During an investigation, police learned Hoffmann entered the bathroom after the victim and found the items, which Hoffmann then allegedly took, police said.

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Detectives were able to trace the items to Hoffmann using the phone’s GPS.

 

 


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