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A former Homes for Good employee now faces three additional counts of first-degree theft in connection with a loss alleged to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for Lane County’s public housing agency.
An indictment filed Friday charges Miranda Renee Wilcox, 59, with six counts of first-degree theft, a felony — with each charge for an unspecified amount greater than $50,000 — up from three counts of theft listed in a previous court document filed by prosecutors.
Eugene police in May announced the arrest of Wilcox on suspicion of embezzling an estimated $560,000 while working as a payroll specialist. The agency initially reported a loss of $125,000, but police described finding additional losses as part of their investigation…