Indiana child welfare supervisor convicted of perjury

June 11, 2010
Indiana child welfare supervisor convicted of perjury
By Associated Press
Washington Times-Herald

Princeton — A supervisor with Indiana's child welfare agency has been convicted of perjury for allegedly lying under oath in connection with the case of a teenager who was held in a shelter for 30 days without a court hearing.

Gayle Edelen of Poseyville was convicted Wednesday on three counts of perjury and one count of misconduct. She will be sentenced July 1.

Edelen is the supervisor of Gibson County's Department of Child Services supervisor.

Prosecutors say she lied at a November 2008 hearing a county judge called to determine why the teen was held for about a month at a Vincennes shelter without a required court hearing.

Edelen testified that she told the judge, the girl's attorney and a DCS attorney that the girl was at the shelter. The judge and two attorneys said she never told them that.

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