Woman pleads guilty to stealing from Centralia Band Booster Club
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A woman accused of stealing almost $6,000 from the Centralia Band Booster Club pleaded guilty on Monday.
Jeanie Whitlatch pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of stealing after she stole from the club in 2024. Court records show prosecutors amended her charge from a felony count of stealing to a misdemeanor.
Whitlatch was given unsupervised probation with a 30-day suspended jail sentence.
Court documents state Whitlatch was the treasurer for the Centralia Band Booster Club on Feb. 1, 2024, when the booster club reported she stole $5,784.37 from its bank account.
Court documents claim Whitlatch was paying herself with the application CashApp and paid for services such as DoorDash, Amazon Prime and a recurring Spectrum bill.
Sentencing documents state Whitlatch has paid $5,775 in restitution.
