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Mississippi mayor arrested on embezzlement charges, accused of using city credit card to pay for repairs to personal vehicles

TERRY, Miss. (AP) — Terry Mayor Roderick Nicholson was arrested Monday on embezzlement charges tied to accusations that he used a city credit card to pay for $2,700 in repairs to two personal vehicles, authorities […]

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Gulfport woman charged with embezzling from school PTA fund

GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) — Authorities say a Gulfport woman has been charged with stealing money from an elementary school’s parent-teacher association in south Mississippi.

WLOX-TV reported that 39-year-old Catherine Strickland was charged with embezzlement. She was arrested Friday and taken to the Harrison County jail where she posted bond… […]

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Linda Gale Reed pleads not guilty to embezzlement

Linda Gale Reed has pleaded not guilty to three counts of embezzlement.

Reed entered the plea during her arraignment in Copiah County Circuit Court in Hazlehurst before Judge Lamar Pickard. She was served with an indictment June 7 at the county jail.

Pickard denied bail for Reed and set her trial for July 23. […]

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Missing woman, Linda Gale Reed, arrested in Texas

A woman first reported missing in April by her employer and family, and later accused of embezzlement, has been arrested in Longview, Texas.

After more than seven months and much speculation, Copiah County Sheriff Harold Jones says Linda Gale Reed is in his custody. […]

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Missing woman now wanted for embezzlement

Linda Gale Reed, a Copiah County woman last seen on April 29, is now wanted for embezzlement of $20,000 from her employer.

Sheriff Harold Jones said Tuesday at a news conference that the 65-year-old Reed had “sole control” of the petty cash fund at Moore’s Fabrications. Jones said an accountant hired by the company and a FBI forensic accountant found the money missing from 2010 petty cash fund. […]