SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Former Mayor Tamara Wallace remains out of custody and entered the standard plea of not guilty at her federal arraignment in Sacramento Tuesday afternoon.
She will have the opportunity to plead guilty in two weeks at her change‑of‑plea hearing, set for Oct. 29.
Wallace faces up to 20 years in prison for embezzling nearly $390,000 from a church in South Lake Tahoe. The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged her with one count of felony wire fraud on Sept. 15, following a federal investigation…