The Brief
- A Wisconsin husband and wife are accused of stealing nearly $500,000 from a suburban Milwaukee Freesmason lodge.
- A judge denied the lodge’s request to modify bond conditions for the couple.
- Prosecutors said the man, who was the lodge treasurer, funneled proceeds from a $2 million property sale into personal accounts.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee County judge on Thursday denied a suburban Freemason lodge’s request to modify bond conditions for a husband and wife accused of stealing nearly $500,000 from the lodge and spending it on personal use.
In court
What they’re saying:
Tyler Kristopeit, 37, and Katie Kristopeit, 38, both of Muskego, were charged this month with conspiracy to commit theft from a business setting and conspiracy to launder money in excess of $100,000. They are currently out of custody on a $10,000 signature bond.
On Thursday afternoon, the couple was back in Milwaukee County court as an attorney for Tyler Kristopeit’s former masonic lodge wanted a judge to change the bond conditions as a safeguard while both the criminal and civil case against the husband and wife play out. The judge hearing the motion denied it for a lack of standing.…