Court employee accused of shredding documents

A Cook County circuit court employee has been accused of removing court files and shredding them at her home.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Jeannette Neibauer was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 bail Saturday.

Cook County sheriff’s spokesman Frank Bilecki says authorities don’t know how much data was destroyed or over how long of a period.

The woman was responsible for handling case files for a judge in the law division, which deals with civil lawsuits from medical malpractice to personal injury.

She was arrested Friday at the Daley Center court complex in downtown Chicago and has been charged with official misconduct and tampering with court files.