UPDATE: The Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) Office has corrected its conviction statement to indicate a part-time clerk with the city of La Habra–and not the elected city clerk–was convicted today of
stealing more than $70,000 from the city's Community Center in 2009.
Kimberly Lynn
Duncan, 24, of Brea, pleaded guilty to one felony count each
of the misappropriation of public funds, forgery, and second degree
commercial burglary. She could get up to five years and four months in prison at her Nov. 9 sentencing in Santa Ana. The corrected OCDA statement on the conviction follows after the jump . . .
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September 7, 2010
*Correction-Note:This defendant served as a part-time clerical staff member for
the City. She is in no way related to the “City Clerk” of La Habra.
September 7, 2010
A PART-TIME CLERK FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA CONVICTED OF STEALING OVER $70,000 FROM CITY'S COMMUNITY CENTER
*Note: This defendant served as a part-time clerical staff member for
the City. She is in no way related to the “City Clerk” of La Habra.
SANTA ANA – A part-time clerk for the City of La Habra was convicted today of
stealing over $70,000 from the City's Community Center. Kimberly Lynn
Duncan, 24, Brea, pleaded guilty to the court to one felony count each
of the misappropriation of public funds, forgery, and second degree
commercial burglary. She faces a maximum of 5 years four months in state
prison at her sentencing Nov. 9, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-5
Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
Between March 27, 2009, and Sept. 8, 2009, Duncan stole over $25,600 in
cash from the City of La Habra Community Center while working as a
clerk. The defendant was responsible for making daily deposits from the
Community Center to City Hall. These deposits came from resident
payments for City classes, sponsored trips, and venue fees for weddings
and meetings hosted at the Community Center.
In addition to failing to deposit and stealing over $25,600, Duncan
failed to also deposit an additional $24,000 in checks and $20,700 in
credit card receipts to the City Treasurer, which are still unaccounted
for and missing. Duncan fraudulently filled out deposit forms to hide
her theft and failure to deposit the checks and credit card receipts
from the Community Center, which totaled over $70,000. She is accused of
using a counterfeit City Hall official stamp to process deposits and
forging the initials of Community Center and City Hall employees on
checks.
The Community Center discovered the theft in August 2009, after a
resident complained that a check from July 10, 2009, had not been
cashed.
Deputy District Attorney Marc Labreche of the Major Fraud Unit is prosecuting this case.
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