by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: bank, banking, court, crime, criminal, drug, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, finance, financial institution, illegal drug, judge, justice, plea, steal, theft, thief
BILOXI — A Biloxi woman has pleaded guilty to stealing $80,980 from a bank’s vault while she was employed as a vault teller. U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis said in a news release that 29-year-old Ashley Ann Keel entered her plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. She will be sentenced by U.S. District [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: burglar, crime, criminal, law, law enforcement, legal, snack, steal, stealing, theft, thief
WAVELAND — Waveland police are chasing leads to nab a sweet-toothed bandit who stole 340 cases of Little Debbie snack cakes from a storehouse last week. Police investigator Eddie Peterson tells the Sea Coast Echo 70 cases of the treats have been recovered. He says some cases were found in Seminary, about 70 miles north [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: administrator, arrest, bookkeeper, crime, criminal, educator, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, law, legal, principal, steal, theft, thief
OLIVE BRANCH — Three former Olive Branch Middle School staff members will stand trial Jan. 14 in DeSoto County on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy. The Commercial Appeal reports former principal Michael McCoy of Olive Branch, former assistant principal Audrey Phillips of Memphis and former bookkeeper Kelli McGowen of Southaven are accused of taking more [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: audit, auditing, auditor, bond, crime, criminal, elected official, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, investigation, law enforcement, money, public official, refund, repayment, state agency, steal, stealing, tax, taxpayer, theft, thief
BROOKHAVEN — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering has closed his office’s investigation into embezzlement by a former Lincoln County Circuit Clerk. Pickering last week delivered a check for more than $61,000 to Lincoln County Supervisors. The Brookhaven Daily Leader reports the check represents the last of the money the auditor’s office says Terry Lynn Watkins had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: arrst, crime, criminal, insurance, insurance agent, law enforcement, premium, steal, stealing, theft, thief
ST. MARTIN — An insurance agent has been accused of failing to send customers’ insurance payments to insurers. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said in a press release received by The Sun Herald 35-year-old Chad Michael Davis of St. Martin was arrested Tuesday. Byrd says Davis was charged with two counts of felony false pretense [...] [...]
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 Chris Elkins Published: October 24,2012
Tags: cable, cabling, copper, crime, criminal, infrastructure, reward, steal, stealing, telecommunication, telephone, theft, thief, utility
LAUDERDALE COUNTY — AT&T is offering a reward of up to $1,000 to solve incidents of copper theft from telephone cables. The reward is for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. WTOK TV reports the thefts happened in Meridian and Lauderdale County. AT&T says the steady rise in the market price [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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