by Associated Press Published: October 31,2012
Tags: attorney, bench, court, crime, criminal, decision, embezzlement, forger, forgery, habitual offender, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, law firm, lawyer, legal, prison, ruling, secretary, sentence
BATESVILLE — A 40-year-old Sardis woman has received a 10-year prison sentence after a Panola County Circuit Court jury convicted her of forging a court document. The Commercial Appeal reports Samantha Johnson was convicted after fewer than 15 minutes of deliberation. Judge Jimmy McClure immediately sentenced her to 10 years for composing the fictitious Chancery [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: arrest, bank, banker, banking, bench, cash, court, crime, criminal, drug addiction, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, finance, financial institution, illegal drugs, illicit drug, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, law enforcement, legal, money, plea, prescription drugs, steal, stealing, teller, theft, thief, vault
GULFPORT — A Biloxi woman has pleaded not guilty to stealing $80,980 from a bank’s vault while she was employed as a vault teller. The Sun Herald reports 29-year-old Ashley Ann Keel entered her plea yesterday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Her trial is set for Dec. 3. Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker ordered [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: arrest, crime, criminal, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, law, law enforcement, legal, missing, steal, stealing, theft, thief
HAZLEHURST — A Central Mississippi sheriff says a local woman wanted for embezzlement has been arrested in East Texas. Linda Gale Reed disappeared in late April and her relatives feared she might be dead. Reed, 65, was picked up yesterday morning in Longview, Texas, and was in jail last night in Copiah County. Copiah County [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: bank, banker, banking, crime, criminal, drug habit, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, finance, financial institution, illegal drug, indict, indictment, law, law enforcement, legal, precription drug, steal, theft, thief
GULFPORT — A former bank employee has been indicted on a federal charge of stealing more than $80,000 from a Hancock Bank branch in Biloxi to support her drug habit. Ashley Keel was indicted this week, but she had been charged in a criminal complaint in September. A complaint in U.S. District Court in Gulfport [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: arrest, bookkeeper, conspiracy, court, crime, criminal, education, educator, embezzlement, justice, law, law enforcement, legal, principal, public education, steal, theft, thief
OLIVE BRANCH — Three former Olive Branch Middle School staff members are facing a single count each of conspiracy and embezzlement after they were indicted by a DeSoto County grand jury. The Commercial Appeal reports former principal Michael McCoy, of Olive Branch, former assistant principal Audrey Phillips, of Memphis, and former bookkeeper Kelli McGowen, of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: crime, criminal, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, kidnap, law enforcement, missing person, steal, theft, thief
CRYSTAL SPRINGS — Linda Gale Reed, a Copiah County woman last seen on April 29, is now wanted for embezzlement. Sheriff Harold Jones says an audit and investigation have revealed money missing from the petty cash fund at Moore Fabrications and Machine, where the 65-year-old Reed was bookkeeper. Jones says Reed had check-writing authority at [...] [...]
FAYETTE — A 53-year-old Natchez woman faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of two counts false pretense in Jefferson County. The Natchez Democrat reports Emily Sanders was scheduled to be sentenced Monday, but the sentencing was delayed because her attorneys could not be present. Sanders was arrested in March and charged [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: bench, court, embezzle, embezzlement, employee, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, law firm, not guilty, notary, plea, plead, steal, stealing, theft, thief, worker
ABBEVILLE — An Abbeville woman has been indicted on embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing more than $200,000. The Oxford Eagle reports that the indictment alleges Valerie Harmon took $20,267 between March-November 2011 while she was an employee for Action Collections, which was owned by the law firm where she worked as a notary. A second [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 30,2012
Tags: arrest, bank, banker, banking, drugs, embezzlement, finance, financial institution, money, steal, theft
GULFPORT — A former teller for Hancock Bank has been denied bond on a federal criminal complaint alleging she stole more than $80,000 from the bank. The Sun Herald reports 29-year-old Ashley Keel was denied bond Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Court records show that in an interview with the FBI, Keel admitted taking money [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: athletics, bowling, court, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, league, sports, steal, stealing, theft, thief, trial
HERNANDO — A trial date of Dec. 10 has been scheduled for a Tennessee man for allegedly embezzling prize money from bowling leagues. The Commercial Appeal reports 70-year-old Tommy Hart of Collierville, Tenn., was indicted by a DeSoto County grand jury on a charge that he embezzled nearly $47,000 in prize money from bowling leagues [...] [...]
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