Runaway mom and new boyfriend will pay back Xenia

Submitted Photos/Tiffany Tehan, 31-year-old missing Xenia mother.

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By Mark Gokavi, Staff Writer Updated 2:20 PM Thursday, April 29, 2010

DAYTON — Tiffany Tehan and Tre Hutcherson are “nearing an agreement” to pay back the city of Xenia for costs associated with the search for the runaway mom and her new boyfriend.

Their attorney, Jon Paul Rion of Rion, Rion & Rion, said Thursday, April 29, the pair want to pay back the overtime and other dollars spent last week during a national search that involved the FBI and ended when they were found April 21, in Miami Beach, Fla.

“They’re attempting to rectify the situation as best they can,” Rion said. “Both my clients’ goal is make the city and the county whole.”

Asked if this was a preemptive strike against possible criminal charges, Rion said: “It’s the right thing to do. Let’s start there. Both of them are very amazed by the public concern that was given this.

“I think it touched them both very deeply. I don’t think anybody realized what was being created through all of this. In light of that, there’s only so much either of them can do at this point. But one of the things at the top of the list is to make sure the taxpayers aren’t paying for any of their actions.”

Rion said he was working with Xenia Prosecutor Ronald C. Lewis to determine an exact number. “We’re going to rely on them to provide us with a figure of what they consider to be restitution in this matter. I’m just going to work off whatever number they give me on that.”

Xenia City Manager Jim Percival said the search cost $5,000 in overtime for more than 100 extra hours. That does not include the regular eight-hour shifts that could have been used for other purposes. Percival said the total cost was “at least double” the $5,000 figure.

Lewis was out of state and not immediately available to comment Thursday.

Greene County Prosecutor Stephen K. Haller is still scheduled to meet with Xenia police on Friday, April 30 to discuss the case.

“The only reason I’m here now with you is to try to maybe set some things straight,” Tehan said in an interview scheduled to run Thursday night on Inside Edition. “And, ask people to forgive me and give me another chance.”

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-6951 or mgokavi@DaytonDailyNews.com.