The preliminary hearing for former Shoal Creek Drive Village treasurer who is accused of embezzling $27,075 has been scheduled for 1 p.m. December 15, in Newton County Circuit Court.
The Newton County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed the felony stealing charge against Kristina Gourley (DOB 1982) November 7, 2024, but the case has been plagued by a series of delays, including Gourley failing to show for one hearing and failing to have a lawyer at four other hearings.
Online Newton County Circuit Court records still do not show an attorney of record for Gourley.
The judge for the case is Jacob Skouby.
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The allegations against Gourley are spelled out in the probable cause statement:
The victim in this case is Shoal Creek Drive Village. Reporting Party 1 (RPl) is a board member of the Village.RPl advised he was contacted by Involved Other 1 (IOl), who is a former board member. RPl advised he was told the bank accounts for the Village have some irregular activity. RPl advised the Village uses Southwest Missouri Bank. RPl advised that he responded to the bank and retrieved bank records for the past several months.
Rpl turned over the records, which consisted of several pages. The records show several transactions made by Katrina Gourley, who is the Village Treasurer.
Some examples are on 08/08/2022, Ms. Gourley transferred money to CashApp four different times for a total of $4500.00, on 08/15/20202 four times for a total of $3100.00, on 09/01/2022 four times for a total of $500.00, on 09/02/2022 six times for a total of $1200.00, on 09/06/2022 ten times for a total of $3500.00, and many more.
RPl had what he advised were minutes from a board meeting that never occurred. He advised he received the minutes from the Principal at Stapleton Elementary School. He advised the minutes were made up and used by Ms. Gourley when she presented a check to Stapleton School.
RPl also had with him a check that was written to Stapleton Elementary School. The check had been cashed. The number on the check is 1787 for $4,798.00. RPl advised the check was signed by Offender 2 (OF2) and Involved Other 2 (102). 102 advised he signed the check at the request of Katrina Gourley. 102 advised the check was not filled out when he signed it, and that Mrs. Gourley told him it was for office supplies.
The Principal advised Ms. Gourley is the head of the PTO. The Principal advised he received the check from Ms. Gourley along with a copy of the minutes from the Village Board meeting. The Principal advised Ms. Gourley brought the check to the school. The check was payment for a fundraiser that Ms. Gourley was in charge of.
After reviewing the records that I was given from Shoal Creek Drive Village, I was able to add the amount of money that was sent from the Village Bank account to "Katrina OW" using CashApp. The dates are from 08/02/2022-09/19/2022 for a total of approximately $27,075.
After talking with IOl, I learned that a check was written to OF2 in the amount of $417.31. Check number 1728, date 06/30/2022. The check has a signature that looked like IOl signed it, however IOl advised she did not sign that check.
I have tried numerous times to contact the suspect in this case. This case will be forwarded to the Newton County Prosecutor's Office for further disposition.
Why wasn't a Bench Warrant Issued when she missed her Court Dates - Come-On you worthless Judges and Prosecutors - DO YOU DAMN JOB.
ReplyDeleteOf course, like the Presidents / Treasurers of all these Local Non-Profits - who Stole from these Charities - ALL OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN PROBATION - WHY NOT JAIL TIME - - Bunch of Worthless Judges and Prosecutors - You are Paid to Serve the Public - Not your own Good-Ole-Boys-Clubs - Stop making Backroom Deals and Giving Out Slaps on the Wrist - Probation.
11:31 if you don’t like the current judges and prosecuting attorneys, then vote in new ones at election time. You have nobody to blame but yourself and the other voters who elected them. Research is your best friend, if you only elect the ones because of an R beside their name, you get what you got. Quit complaining and do better next election.
ReplyDelete11:31 this sounds just like something one of those worthless judges would say
Delete3:22 I don’t think a judge who is up for reelection would encourage the voters to research them if they weren’t doing their job. Using an objective thought process may help you in the future.
Delete3:22 I’m sure a judge or prosecutor who is up for reelection would encourage all voters to research them before election time, especially if they are “worthless and not doing their job” as you claim. Your convoluted thinking process really needs some work. Your head should have more value than just a place to hold your hat. Try thinking about what you wrote. Read it aloud to yourself multiple times and see if it makes any sense afterwords.
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