Bookkeeper embezzled more than $500,000 from church
tallahasse.com | 2/21/08 | staff writer
The bookkeeper at a local Episcopal church turned herself in today after a warrant for her arrest was issued by the Leon County Sheriff's Office.
The bookkeeper at a local Episcopal church turned herself in today after a warrant for her arrest was issued by the Leon County Sheriff's Office. Rosanne Stone turned herself in about noon, said Sgt. Rob Reisinger, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. She was charged in connection with the theft of about $512,000 over four years from the Episcopal Church of the Advent.
The church discovered the loss last year after an audit. The last audit had been conducted ten years ago, church officials previously said. eputies discovered three storage bins full of property she had bought with the money, Reisinger said. The Sheriff's Office is having a news conference on the arrest at noon.