School bookkeeper charged with embezzlement

Jennifer Pruitt, 29, is charged with 18 counts of obtaining property by false pretense and 12 counts of embezzlement.

Posted 1/16/2009, 7:36:07 PM Updated 6/17/2014, 6:39:10 PM

Jennifer Pruitt, charged with embezzling from school — Jennifer Pruitt

A former Moore County school bookkeeper has been charged with stealing more than $15,000 from the New Century Middle School in Cameron.

Jennifer Pruitt, 29, is charged with 18 counts of obtaining property by false pretense and 12 counts of embezzlement.

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Pruitt resigned her position at New Century after a December audit revealed discrepancies in the school's finances. The audit found more than two dozen instances in which money was missing or was used to make purchases.

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