WISCONSIN RAPIDS − A 65-year-old Nekoosa woman is facing a felony charge after more than $59,000 was taken from an elderly Arizona woman’s account.
Janice A. Christiansen faces a charge of theft in a business setting. She made her initial appearance Jan. 5 in front of Wood County Circuit Judge Nicholas Brazeau Jr. Her next appearance is scheduled for Jan. 16.
According to the criminal complaint, on Nov. 10, an investigator from the state of Arizona contacted the Wood County Sheriff’s Office and said she was investigating fraudulent spending from an 82-year-old Tucson, Arizona, woman’s bank account. The woman has dementia and is in an assisted-living community, the investigator said…