A small church sitting on a country road in Suffolk is out more than $20,000. Former church secretary Stephanie Bailey is accused of using her church issued ATM card to drain the bank account.
"The majority of the transactions were found to have occurred in Chesapeake in the Greenbriar area," says Police Spokeswoman Debbie George.
Debbie George tells NewsChannel 3 from November of 2006 to the middle of last year Bailey would visit several bank ATMs and take out small amounts of cash.
What she did with the money is unknown. Police say church pastor Antonio Gardner Senior and other leaders noticed what was going on but they didn't report it to police until November of last year. A lot of time passed before they reported it to the police.
"July is when they first discovered the transactions that had been going on and November is when it was reported to police," says Debbie.
On April 20, 2011, Virginia Beach police took Bailey in to custody after the warrants were sent there. Neighbors say she lives at a home on Chestnut Court and NewsChannel 3 tried twice to get in touch with her, but we were waved off by someone inside.
Today NewsChannel 3 had a chance to speak with Pastor Gardner's brother in law and he didn't want to go on camera. He says he didn't feel comfortable about it but he did say that the church community and the entire family are shocked about the embezzlement case but still they have forgiven Stephanie Bailey.
NewsChannel 3 also tried to get in touch with Pastor Gardner at his job today, but he was not available to talk. Now a former church secretary is charged as the close-knit community tries to recover from the massive loss
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