VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — A former court administrator for Van Buren County will be sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to to embezzling over $100,000.
Rachel Celeste Lindley, a 42-year-old former Paw Paw resident, began working for Van Buren County as the Specialty Courts Administrator in 2016 before moving into the Trial Court Administrator position in April 2021, managing millions in grants for Van Buren County treatment courts along the way.
For her her specialty courts work, Lindley secured more than $2.9 million dollars in federal grants. Investigators recorded Lindley’s embezzlement happening between January 2022 and March 2025, after she moved to her Trial Court Administrator position…