Aug. 9 trial set for former school librarian in California

FROM REDDING.COM

An Aug. 9 trial date was confirmed Monday in Shasta County Superior Court for a Redding School District librarian accused of embezzling and stealing from a school parent club.

A settlement conference that afternoon for Wanell Stolz, 52, the wife of the school district's former board president, Rein Stolz, failed to resolve the case, but attorneys are continuing to seek a negotiated settlement.
Stolz, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of stealing approximately $13,500 of cash and property from Sycamore School and the Parent Faculty Club at the school from 2004 to 2009.
Redding police have said that Stolz, arrested on Aug. 4 at her home, wrote more than 80 checks to herself and her husband from the club's account.
She also allegedly stole a digital camera, stacks of books and used the club's account to buy enough ink cartridges to print close to 3,000 pages on her homes computer, police have said.
Redding police arrested Stolz on Aug. 4 at her home on suspicion of theft and embezzlement, and her husband resigned from the school board later that month.
After her arrest, school district employees claimed Stolz received preferential treatment because her husband was president of the board, and Sycamore Principal Lana Rylee filed a claim against the district maintaining she suffered retaliation for giving Wanell Stolz a critical evaluation and reporting possible criminal activities to authorities.


The claim is a precursor to a lawsuit, but electronic Superior Court records show that a lawsuit has not been filed.