The former chief operating officer of a nonprofit that the county once relied on to deploy life-saving overdose reversal drugs across San Diego was jailed last week for allegedly taking more than $134,000 in public funds from the organization.
Amy Knox, who had managed the Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego’s finances, was arrested Thursday and charged with three felony counts of misappropriation of public money and three felony counts of fraudulent appropriation. She is set to appear Wednesday before a Superior Court judge.
Knox’s arrest comes months after the county last June cancelled contracts with the nonprofit led by CEO Tara Stamos that called for the organization to distribute overdose reversal drug Narcan and test street drugs in a bid to prevent fentanyl deaths…