Former Clover Hill Sports Association leader charged with embezzlement in Virginia

A former board member of the Clover Hill Sports Association has been charged with embezzling more than $10,000 from the organization over 15 months.
Shirley J. Bishop, 33, of the 17000 block of Hull Street Road, was arrested last Wednesday on a single count of embezzlement. She is accused of taking association funds from August 2011 through December 2012, according to Chesterfield County police.
The police investigation began in January, authorities said.
In an open letter to members posted on the association’s website, president Anthony Squyars said the board of directors conducted an internal investigation involving the misappropriation of funds. That resulted in the removal of Bishop from the board and a report filed with police.
Squyars said the association is financially healthy and in good standing with all of its members, vendors and leagues. The board, he added, has accounted for all members’ fees and uniform expenses paid to the association.
“The current legal proceedings will not inhibit our ability to move forward with the 2013 sports season,” Squyars wrote.
Bishop is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Chesterfield General District Court.