SHERWOOD, Ore. (KPTV) – A 65-year-old woman is facing charges after she embezzled more than a million dollars from a Newberg company, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said Lauri Lynn O’Connor was arrested on Thursday and booked into the Yamhill County jail for 17 counts of first-degree aggravated theft and falsifying business records.
The investigation began in late 2025 when Milroy Golf Systems, a golf course construction and irrigation company based in Newberg, hired a forensic accounting firm to investigate suspicious transactions and bookkeeping discrepancies…