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	Marion Church: Former Official Stole More Than $276,000 Associated Press, carried in Indianapolis Star January 8, 2009 http://www.indystar.com/article/20090108/NEWS02/901080410 MARION, Ind. — A former church official has been charged with stealing more than $276,000 from church accounts and using some of the money to pay for a vasectomy, motorcycles and cars. William Jeremiah Six, 28, faces eight counts of theft and one count of fraud, Grant County Prosecutor Jim Luttrull said. Six was director of finances for Lakeview Wesleyan Church and Lakeview Christian School from June 2004 to July 2008. "He used his authority and his position to steal from the church and the school in a variety of ways," Luttrull said. State roundup: Click here for the latest headlines from around Indiana. Six, who now lives in Nicholasville, Ky., used electronic transfers from church and school accounts to pay his credit card and medical bills and buy cars and motorcycles, according to court documents. He charged $736 to a church credit card to pay for a vasectomy in January 2008, then issued himself a check for the same amount from a church bank account one month later, prosecutors said. Six has cooperated with authorities, Luttrull said. "He has been interviewed by the investigators, so he did voluntarily return to the community to give a statement to Sheriff's Department detectives," Luttrull said. The prosecutor's office said Wednesday that Six had not been arrested and no court date had been set. It also did not have a defense attorney listed for him. Six could not be located for comment. Six has repaid the church with checks totaling $25,000 to begin restitution, court records said.
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