A Knoxville woman received a deferred judgement for felony theft against a dependent adult.

Mindy Hanen of Knoxville was sentenced in Marion County District Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to second degree theft – misappropriate property $1,500 – $10,000, a Class D felony. Hanen received a deferred judgement and will be placed on probation for three years. 

According to court records, between June 1st, 2023 and January 1st, 2025, Hanen was supposed to be turning over social security money from a dependent adult who is a resident at Accura Healthcare in Knoxville, but stole $7,044 out of the residents bank account and did not turn it over. The dependent adult was also a previous resident at Homestead of Knoxville between April 30th, 2022 and January 1st, 2025. Hanen was supposed to turn over social security money to both facilities while the dependent adult was there, but never turned it over and allegedly took $7,434 from the resident. 

Hanen was also charged with tampering with records after providing a fake bank statement on December 13th, 2024 in an attempt to cover up the fact she was stealing from the resident. Hanen was also charged for allegedly stealing $390.12 out of the residents bank account and not turning over the social security money to Homestead in a different instance. 

This case was investigated by the State of Iowa Medical Fraud Control Unit and Hanen was arrested on March 17th. Hanen was also ordered to pay $7,131.12 in victim pecuniary damages, a $1,025 in a civil penalty, and is ordered to pay all category B restitution.