Court Briefs: Embezzlement Court Dates Set, Custody Case Resolved

Health care workers charged with embezzlement

Two health care workers alleged to have embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from an elderly St. Clair Shores man will have pre-exam conferences in in September.

Kellie Todd, of Chesterfield Township, will be in court on Sept. 6 for a pre-exam conference. She is charged with embezzlement of a vulnerable adult- a five-year felony. She is free on a $50,000 personal bond.

The pre-exam conference for the second person named in the case, Fredine Walker, was adjourned Tuesday. She will return to court Sept. 23 to face two counts of embezzlement of a vulnerable adult, a 10-year felony, and stealing or retaining a financial device without consent, a 4-year felony. She is free on $50,000 cash bond.

Walker and Todd are accused of stealing more than a combined total of $80,000 from William Abke, a 78-year-old wheelchair-bound resident, who welcomed the women into his house as caretakers.

International custody case resolved

A settlement has been reached in a custody suit between a St. Clair Shores man and his Japanese wife over over their 8-year-old son, according to Macomb Circuit Court records and the Associated Press.

The couple were to appear in Macomb Circuit Court for hearing, which was cancelled after Carl and Mayumi Mueller "reconciled."

The Muellers married in 2002. Carl Mueller took the boy from Japan to China, in part because of the couple’s faltering relationship, according to the report. The father and son moved to the St. Clair Shores with his parents. Mayumi Mueller accused Carl Mueller of "abducting" the child. Other terms of the agreement were not available.