Hash says Winkler still on payroll

Mary Winkler leaves the McNairy County Justice Center following the first day of jury selection Monday. Jury selection is expected to continue today in Selmer.

She still has a job at Cleaners Express and she may return to stay in Warren County on weekends until her trial is complete.

?She?s still on the payroll. She?s not convicted of anything yet,? said Cleaners Express owner Matt Hash, who has employed Winkler since August. ?I guarantee you if she?s not tied up in court on Saturdays she?ll be willing to work here.?

Conditions of Winkler?s $750,000 bond were that she live and work in Warren County until her trial. She made bond in August.

Winkler made several trips to the Memphis area over the past month to meet with her defense attorneys, Steve Farese Sr. and Leslie Ballin. Hash said because of those trips, Winkler had not been working Thursdays and Fridays at the dry cleaner.

As for her legal issues, Winkler has fulfilled her obligation locally. She had been reporting to Donna Dunlap at the Tennessee Office of Probation and Parole on Mullican Street.

?She was on bond supervision and she reported here once a month,? said Dunlap. ?Now that her trial has started, we have nothing more to do with her, at least for now.?