APPLETON, WI (WTAQ)– A former Hortonville school teacher is facing three counts of theft in a business setting for allegedly stealing over $12,000 from a PTO group and Girl Scout Troops.
According to the complaint, unauthorized transactions totaled over $12,000 dollars.
Police say they located 57 unauthorized transactions that totaled $7,040.60 from the Greenville Middle School Parent Teacher Organization.
Unathorized charges on a debit card across a three year span was also identified in one Girl Scout Troop’s account.
The total charges were $3,680.48.
A second Girl Scout Troop account had a loss of $1,921.05.
Police reports indicate that Lafleur-Linder admitted to the purchases because se had credit card debt and wanted to make clothing purchaes with out her husband finding out.
According to School Board minutes Renee Lafleur-Linder resigned in February from her special education teaching position.
