The former secretary of a local recreation district has been arrested after stealing more than $25,000 from the district.
Detectives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Financial Crimes Division were notified in January by board members of the Pearl River-based St. Tammany Recreation District 7 concerning the possibility of missing funds in the district’s account. The subsequent investigation uncovered that between March 2023 and December 2023, former secretary, Brittany Ward (DOB 8.24.1987), had wrote numerous checks to herself on the recreation district’s account and had signed a board members name to the checks. It was also learned that she had taken cash from the concession stand deposits before bringing them to the bank. In total, detectives learned, Ward had taken $25,277.
On Wednesday (July 17), after a warrant was issued for her arrest, Ward turned herself in and was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center for Theft Over $25,000 and Forgery.
