LAWTON, Mich. (WOOD) — Police say a former Lawton Community Schools employee was embezzling from the district for well over two years.
Former bookkeeper and clerk Andria Rice-Keister was arraigned Oct. 24 in a Van Buren County courtroom, accused of embezzlement between $50,000 and $100,000. She was released on a personal recognizance bond.
Lawton police say Lawton Community Schools tipped them off to the alleged embezzlement late last month. According to courtroom testimony from police, it went on from January 2023 until this September…