It's been a busy summer for Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett.Following the indictment of 12 House Democratic officials and aides in the Bonusgate scandal and the guilty plea of former state Rep. Linda Bebko-Jones, a Democrat, on public corruption charges, Corbett is making news again today.
Corbett has announced theft and embezzlement charges against Darla LaValle, the former executive director of a Beaver County nonprofit group.
Darla LaValle is the wife of Democrat state Sen. Gerald LaValle, who has represented the 47th Senatorial District since 1990.
She is charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the nonprofit agency, inflating her salary and denying employees pension benefits, according to The Associated Press.
From the Attorney General's Web site:
LaValle is charged with four counts of misapplication of entrusted property and property of government, two counts of theft by unlawful taking, two counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received and two counts of theft by deception.Read the full release at the Attorney General's Web site.
Each count is a third degree felony and carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
LaValle surrendered today and was preliminary arraigned before Ambridge Magisterial District Judge Mark Schulte, who released her on her own recognizance.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 21, at 9 a.m. courtroom 3 of the Beaver County Courthouse.
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