Child Services Worker Arrested For Misconduct

Last updated on Wednesday, October 20, 2010

(GREENFIELD, IN) - A Hancock County Child Services caseworker has been arrested for official misconduct.

37-year-old Jennifer Hoffman of Greenfield is accused of disclosing confidential documents including a photograph of a child abuse victim.

State police say the disclosure came during a meeting with two state representatives, Beverly Gard and Bob Cherry.

Hoffman, they say, was asking Gard and Cherry to endorse Michael Griffim, then a candidate for Hancock County Prosectuor.

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