COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – An arraignment has been scheduled for October 17, 2016 in Branch County District Court for a one time secretary at the Girard United Methodist Church who has been charged with embezzlement.
49-year-old Melissa Ann Rogers of Quincy was booked at the Branch County Jail Monday following a Michigan State Police investigation.
According to court documents, an audit discovered the alleged embezzlement of over $37,000 in church funds involving 289 checks between January 2010 and February 2016.
Rogers is free after posting 10 percent of a $25,000 bond.