A North Providence man is facing serious charges after he allegedly embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from a local church.
Police arrested Edward Kincaid, 38, of North Providence Monday on three counts of felony embezzlement. Authorities said while serving as a bookkeeper at the Assembly of God Church on Lexington Avenue, he stole $48,000.
The church's pastor tells Eyewitness News that he is shocked and saddened by the news. Kincaid had worked at the church for 5 years, according to church officials.
Major Paul Martellini said he expects that additional charges will be filed. Kincaid faced a judge on Monday. He has been released on $10,000 personal recognizance.
Police are continuing to investigate.
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I think it is important that when you copy these things into your blog to make a point that you do some research. Eddie was charged almost two years ago now. Nothing has happened in the case as the church had no basis to charge him. The Senior Pastor was a fraud looking for an excuse to cover misappropriation of funds. Eddie was more then a bookkeeper for the church he was the Young Adults Pastor. The moral of Eddie's story is that if you are a treasurer or bookkeeper for a church you need to keep very detailed records, you need to have multiple people involved in every transaction so that when you have a rogue Senior Pastor who wants to cover his dirty tracks by pointing the finger at someone else that they don't have the ability to do so.
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