UPDATE @ 2:53 p.m. (Nov. 30):
Melissa Heerdt will spend Christmas in jail after she stole more than $29,000 from a Fairborn Cub Scout pack over a two-year period, from 2011 to 2013.
Heerdt was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay restitution in excess of $29,000.
The Beavercreek woman did not speak during sentencing today.
UPDATE @2:26 p.m. (Sept. 24):
Heerdt was in court this afternoon and she changed her plea to guilty. She will be sentenced on Nov. 19.
UPDATE @ 11:50 p.m. April 17:
A Beavercreek woman pleaded not guilty today to embezzling more than $30,000 from a Fairborn Cub Scout pack.
Melissa Heerdt faced a judge for the first time today following her arrest Monday on an indictment for felony theft returned by a Greene County grand jury.
Heerdt’s attorney entered a not guilty plea for his client during her brief appearance this afternoon in Greene County Common Pleas Court. Her $5,000 bond was continued. She is due back in court May 14.
Heerdt is accused of thefts over a two-year period, from 2011 to 2013, while she served as treasurer for Cub Scout Pack 162.
A Boy Scouts of America spokesman said Heerdt was removed as treasurer as soon as the charges were filed. He also said accounting procedures to prevent misappropriation of funds apparently were not followed, such as a requirement that checks have two signatures from leaders of different families.
If convicted as charged, she could face 18 months in prison.
FIRST REPORT, April 14:
A Beavercreek woman is free on $5,000 bond on a charge accusing her of stealing more than $30,000 from a Cub Scout pack when she was group’s treasurer.
Melissa Heerdt, of Pine Knott Drive, was arrested Monday on a secret indictment returned by a Greene County grand jury on a felony theft charge, Fairborn police Sgt. Mark Stannard said Tuesday night.
According to the indictment, Heerdt is accused of embezzling more than $30,000 from Cub Scout Pack 162 from 2011 to 2013, Stannard said in a prepared statement.
She was acting as treasurer of the organization at the time of the alleged thefts, Stannard said.
Heerdt is to be arraigned April 17, according to online court records.