Kelli Lepler, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
GRAND ISLAND – Hall County District Judge Andrew Butler ruled Nov. 26 that Kelli Lepler of Grand Island remains incompetent to stand trial.
Butler approved having Lepler get a second opinion regarding her competence to stand trial. She is being held at the Lincoln Regional Center.
Lepler is the former owner of a cemetery headstone business.
Lepler is accused of receiving $258,404 from 43 customers. The headstones were never installed through her business, Monument Advisors.
She is charged in Hall County District Court with 46 counts of theft by deception, of which 38 charges are felonies and eight charges are misdemeanors. The purchases were made between Jan. 8, 2020, and Feb. 9, 2023.
The next court date for Lepler’s case will be at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 20.
