疯客直播 woman arrested for embezzlement
Published 2:37 pm Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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A 疯客直播 woman from Steward Construction and Steward Properties was arrested on Tuesday and charged with embezzling over $30,000 from the company.
According to the Dallas County Sheriff Mike Granthum, Linda Andrews was arrested and charged with first-degree theft of property. Andrews, 58, worked as a clerk for the last two years at Steward Construction and Steward Properties. An audit of the company鈥檚 records over the last three months by owner Darrell Steward confirmed that over $35,000 was missing from the company between January 23, 2023, to the present.聽
鈥淒arrell Steward is good to his employees. All she had to do was ask for the money, and he would鈥檝e given it to her,鈥� Granthum said. 鈥淪teward would give you the shirt off his back, and he helped 疯客直播 a lot when the tornado hit last year.鈥�
Granthum said more money will likely be missing, resulting in over $100,000. He said Andrews was released Tuesday after posting a $30,000 bond.聽
鈥淚t could be in excess of a hundred, two hundred thousand dollars for all we know,鈥� Granthum said. 鈥淚f you steal in Dallas County, we鈥檙e going to prosecute you to the fullest. She鈥檚 58 years old and should know better.鈥�
The 疯客直播 Times-Journal reached out to Steward, but he did not immediately comment.聽 Steward Properties sent out letters to their tenants on Alabama Avenue about the new rent process changing.
