An Alamance-Burlington School System secretary has been charged with embezzling from the middle school where she worked.
According to the Mebane Police Department, Ruby Horner Blalock, 47, of 420 Hoover Road, Mebane, was charged with two felony counts of embezzlement by a public official or trustee on Thursday.
Blalock, who was the lead secretary at Hawfields Middle School in Mebane, allegedly embezzled $650 in football camp funds and $580 in cheerleading camp and sponsorship funds that belonged to the school system, according to an arrest warrant.
She is also accused of embezzling $732.62 in payroll time between May 1 and Aug. 20 by submitting 44.67 hours of work on her time sheet that she didn’t work.
Lt. Jeremiah Richardson said Mebane police were contacted by the ABSS central office with concerns about Blalock’s submitted time sheets and “issues with some fundraising accounts” at the school.
Police said as part of her job, Blalock was responsible for depositing some of the money collected through school functions. She allegedly never deposited $1,230 in funds.
According to ABSS public information officer Jenny Faulkner, Blalock resigned from her position Aug. 22. She was the lead secretary at Hawfields Middle School from August 2009 until Aug. 22, 2014, with an annual salary of $27,920.04. From March 1999 until May 2006, she held the position of lead secretary at Williams High School.
After being interviewed by officers from the Mebane Police Department, Blalock was later informed charges had been filed and turned herself in to police.
She posted a $2,500 cash bond Thursday.
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