[StBernard] St. Bernard church secretary accused of stealing more than $100K

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard church secretary accused of stealing more than $100K

Updated: Apr 19, 2013 6:10 PM CDT
 

Chalmette, La. - A St. Bernard Parish church official was booked Friday with
felony theft for allegedly embezzling more than $100,000 in church funds
since 2006, according Sheriff James Pohlmann.

Pohlmann said the investigation of Trinette Johnson, 39, of Violet, was
initiated by church members. Johnson had been a longtime church secretary
and account executive for the Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church.
She surrendered at the parish jail on Friday after learning that a judge had
signed a warrant for her arrest.

Church members gave investigators a copy of church banking records along
with information from a CPA forensic specialist retained to look into the
missing funds.

Johnson was expected to be released on $10,000 bond.