A person working with the Douglas County High School football team booster club is under investigation for suspected embezzlement of between $3,500 and $5,000.
Police are waiting for the individual's bank records before an arrest can be made, said Capt. J.R. Davidson, of the Douglasville Police Department.
Davidson said a coach of the football team reported irregularities in the booster club’s funds.
“Once we get (the bank records), we’ll determine if it was a crime and if there’s proof,” he said. “If there is, we’ll make an arrest.”
If arrested, the individual will be charged with felony theft by taking.
Davidson said the bank could take up to two weeks before turning over the records.
According to an e-mail today from Karen Stroud, community relations director of the Douglas County School System, "Alleged accounting irregularities in the Douglas County High School Football Booster Account were reported to then school principal Connie Craft.
"She referred the matter to the Douglasville Police Department since booster clubs and their financial accounts are the responsibility of each booster club and not under the authority or accounting of the school district," Stroud said via e-mail.
Effective Feb. 1, Tim Scott became the principal of Douglas County High School. Craft has been named principal at New Manchester High School which opens in the fall.
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