Bucks DA: Former leaders stole from cash-strapped ambulance squad
Rookstool, who turned herself in to police on Tuesday, has been charged with theft, receiving stolen property, identity theft, forgery and related offenses. Eckert was charged last week with similar offenses.
Neither immediately responded to requests for comments Tuesday, and there was no indication that they had hired attorneys to represent them, according to court records. Both were freed after posting unsecured bail —
The squad, which operated for 36 years, ceased operations
County detectives began their probe into the squad's finances in July, according to the affidavit.
While examining the squad's main bank account, the detectives found that several checks had been issued without the permission of the squad's president between 2011 and this year.
Among the expenses were nearly
Other accounts showed that Rookstool was reimbursed "in the same month multiple times over" for office supplies she purchased for the fire company using her personal credit card, according to investigators.
Eckert used the squad's Home Depot credit account to buy Rookstool a
Rookstool also received more than
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