Woman pleads guilty to stealing charity money
chapelhillnews.com | 4/23/08| Jesse Deconto
HILLSBOROUGH -- The former bookkeeper for the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of misdemeanor larceny after facing charges of embezzling more than $13,000 from the agency.
Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline Perez said that Pamela Futrell had been writing checks from the IFC accounts to pay her own bills.
"She felt that she hadn't done anything against policy because she was in need and that was the service they provided," said Perez.
Futrell later said she was sorry and that it was a stupid thing to do. She has agreed to pay $200 a month to reimburse the IFC'S insurance company. She must also pay $100 in restitution to cover the IFC's deductible and will be on supervised criminal probation for the next year.
She must also serve 30 hours of community service and pay a $200 community service fee.