WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A Hartford man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he embezzled more than $10,000 from a parent-teacher organization while he served as its treasurer.Wade Mullins, 38, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts one of which had.
Hartford man pleads not guilty to embezzling from parent-teacher organization
Wade Mullins (Vermont State Police photograph)
Modified: 2/24/2021 9:36:50 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A 37-year-old Hartford man has pleaded not guilty to charges he stole over $10,000 from the Reading Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization while he served as treasurer.
Wade Mullins was arraigned on two counts of embezzlement Tuesday in Windsor Superior Court, according to a case summary. Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Mann ordered him released on conditions until his trial, including the condition that he not “abuse or harass” members of the PTO or his estranged wife, the summary said.
The investigation into Mullins started with a text Mullins’ “soon-to-be ex-wife” Angie Mullins sent to the PTO secretary last year, saying they should look into the organization’s bank accounts and find a new treasurer, according to an affidavit by Vermont State Police Trooper Marina Pacilio. Mullins
Modified: 1/5/2021 10:03:47 PM
READING, Vt. A 37-year-old Hartford man has been cited into court next month after authorities say he “misappropriated” at least $10,000 from the Reading Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization, according to a Vermont State Police news release.
Wade Mullins, a former treasurer of the PTO, was arrested Monday and cited on an embezzlement charge after a two-month investigation, according to the news release.
State Police said an attorney representing the PTO told them on Nov. 6 that “funds were missing from the organization’s checking account.” Police investigated and found that Mullins “had embezzled funds from the account between 2014 and 2020,” and that “there is evidence that at least $10,000 dollars was misappropriated from the account,” the release said.