A member of the Marysville Monarch Diamond Club who volunteered to help with bingo was apparently helping herself to the profits.
The Union County grand jury has indicted Andrea N. Stambaugh, 40, of 1202 Montclair Ct., Marysville. Stambaugh is charged with one count each of theft, receiving stolen property and safecracking.
Union County Prosecutor Dave Phillips said Stambaugh was a member of the Marysville Monarch Diamond Club, a booster organization that raises funds to support Marysville High School’s baseball team. Diamond Club members volunteer time helping with bingo at the local VFW. A portion of the money raised from bingo goes to help the baseball team.
On July 28, Stambaugh was working the bingo night. At some point, she was asked to take a portion of the bingo money to a safe.
“Instead, she allegedly took $3,500 in cash, which was some of the prize money, from the safe,” Phillips said.
The prosecutor said the booster club kept good records of the money coming into and out of the safe. When the money in the safe did not match the club’s records, officials began to investigate and watched security tape footage from the area of the safe. Stambaugh can allegedly be seen putting money down her shirt.
Phillips said the safecracking charge stems from Stambaugh’s alleged activities while in the safe. He said the woman had permission to access the safe to put money in, but not to take money out.
“This has happened several times over the years with organizations,” Phillips said. “When people have access to large amounts of cash, it can be tempting.”
He said the Diamond Club had kept good records with “appropriate accounting and appropriate security.”
“If they had just said, ‘It looks like someone took some money,’ that would be very difficult to investigate,” Phillips said.
If convicted on all counts, Stambaugh could face as many as three and a half years in prison.
Stambaugh had been employed as a civilian employee at the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Human resource officials from the sheriff’s office confirmed Stambaugh had been an employee but could not say when her employment ended or comment on circumstances that surrounded it.
Also indicted was:
– Mona Goodson, 25, whose court-listed address is the Ohio Reformatory for Women. Goodson is charged with one count of assault, stemming from the alleged June 11 assault of a department of rehabilitations and corrections official. According to court documents, Goodson is serving a two-year prison sentence for robbery and multiple counts of assault in Franklin County. Goodson could be released as early as next week. If convicted of the new charge, Goodson could face as many as five years in prison,
– Richard James Greene, 37, of 2588 Parlin Drive, Grove City. Greene is charged with two counts of grand theft and one count each of theft, breaking and entering and grand theft of a motor vehicle. According to court documents, between April and June, Greene allegedly stole a truck, multiple utility trailers, lawn care equipment, generators and other tools. If convicted on all charges, Greene could face more than six years in prison.
– Khalid R. Aycocks, 45, of Oakwood Village. He is charged with one count each of theft, receiving stolen property and possession of criminal tools. According to court documents, on Dec. 20, Aycocks allegedly stole more than $1,400 in tools from a local home improvement store. Prosecutors said Aycocks used a 1992 Honda Accord to steal the tools, giving rise to the criminal tools charge. If convicted, Aycocks could face as many as 36 months in prison. Additionally, prosecutors are looking to seize the Accord.
– Robert L. Jones Jr., 39, of Circleville. Jones is charged with one count of possession of drugs, stemming from a July 28 incident involving Tramadol, a narcotic painkiller similar to morphine. Jones was convicted of aggravated possession of drugs in 2010 in Ross County, according to court documents. If convicted, Jones could face as many as 12 months in prison.
– Ashley Hall, 24, of Piqua. Hall is charged with one count of aggravated possession of drugs, stemming from a July 29 incident involving methamphetamine. If convicted, Hall could face as many as 12 months in prison.