Prosecutors: Magnolia woman stole $151K from church where she worked | khou.com Houston:
HOUSTON – A 33-year-old woman from Magnolia is accused of stealing more than $150,000 from a local Lutheran church where she worked.
Rebekah Talley is charged with aggregate theft.
According to court documents, Talley stole the money from St. John Lutheran Church, located in the 15200 block of Spring Cypress Road, while she was employed there from September 2008 through May 2011.
Investigators say Talley would write checks from the church account and deposit them into an account belonging to her and her husband.
Talley allegedly covered her actions by providing phony bank statements relating to legitimate church accounts to other employees and church officials.
But investigators said in May of 2011, another church employee noticed discrepancies in the account and asked Talley about them. The employee said Talley told her she never noticed anything amiss.
Later that day, the employee said Talley went home sick and took a trash bag with her.
She never returned to work at the church.
Charges were filed on January 10.
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