Hopes Mills, North Carolina woman charged with embezzling from church

A Hope Mills woman was charged Friday with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from MacPherson Presbyterian Church. Darcy Lynn LacLaire, 38, of the 5900 block of Hunting Ridge Road in Hope Mills, was charged with six counts of embezzlement and one count of obtaining property by false pretense, according to court records.LacLaire worked as a secretary in the church office.Arrest warrants allege that LacLaire spent $210,121.88 of the church's money for personal use.She also used several credit cards in the church's name, located at 3525 Cliffdale Road, to make personal purchases totaling $121,035.89, according to court records.LacLaire was being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center on Friday night on a $250,000 secure bond.