GALENA, Mo. — A former Stone County employee who was accused of stealing more than $13,000 in tax payments earlier this year has now been formally charged.
According to online court dockets, Whitney Marie Brown, born in 1998, of Galena, is charged with one count of stealing — $750 or more, a class D felony, in Stone County Circuit Court.
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office accused Brown of the theft earlier this year in a Stone County audit report…