WYLIE, Texas — A former treasurer for a North Texas youth soccer organization has been arrested and charged after allegedly stealing “hundreds of thousands” of dollars from the association’s account without their authorization, according to police.
The Wylie Police Department said detectives arrested 37-year-old John Freeman, a Midlothian resident, on May 12 and charged him with theft of property exceeding $300,000.
Wylie police said Freeman’s arrest resulted from an investigation that began on Jan. 27, where the Wylie Youth Soccer Association (WYSA) reported strange transactions in the QuickBooks account. Wylie police’s investigation prompted an audit of the account, yielding documents from October 2019 to August 2024…