Home Local News FORMER WESTFIELD CITY CLERK CHARGED WITH THEFT

FORMER WESTFIELD CITY CLERK CHARGED WITH THEFT

1066
SHARE

THE FORMER CITY CLERK OF WESTFIELD, IOWA IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

50-YEAR-OLD ANGELA SORENSEN IS CHARGED WITH 1ST DEGREE THEFT AND ONGOING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

COURT DOCUMENTS STATE THAT SORENSEN ALLEGEDLY STOLE OVER $10,000 DURING THE TIME SHE SERVED AS CITY CLERK OF WESTFIELD FROM JANUARY OF 2013 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2017.

A STATE AUDIT DETERMINED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD THAT NEARLY $40,000 IN CITY RECEIPTS HAD NOT BEEN DEPOSITED, OVER $28,000 IN FUNDS WERE IMPROPERLY DISBURSED AND THERE WERE OVER $6100 IN UNSUPPORTED DISBURSEMENTS WITH THOSE AMOUNTS TOTALING OVER $74,000.

THE AUDIT FOUND SEVERAL SPECIFIC ACTS OF MISAPPROPRIATION ATTRIBUTED TO SORENSEN INCLUDING $13,679 IN EXCESS WAGES AND OVER $4200 IN UNAUTHORIZED CHECKS ISSUED TO HER.

SORENSEN WAS BOOKED INTO THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY JAIL.