NORTHAMPTON (AP) - A former church administrator in
Northampton has pleaded not guilty to charges she bilked donors and
other local service organizations of nearly $18,000.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/T01sxN
) that Giselle L. Dudley of Springfield faces 56 charges in Northampton
District Court, including check forgery, unauthorized access to a
computer system and larceny.
Northampton Police Detective Patrick
D. Moody says the criminal investigation into Dudley's handling of
donations to the First Churches began in December 2011 after a donor
asked for a tax receipt for a contribution, though the deposit did not
appear in church records.
Dudley defended the donation as intended to help her and her family recover from a house fire.
Police say other suspicious deposits also were found to have been deposited into accounts that Dudley controlled.
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