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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Woman Guilty of Embezzling from Metro Parent Ordered to Pay $38K in Restitution

Tracey Connelly pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges and was ordered to pay $38,000 in restitution to Metro Parent Publishing.

Tracy Connelly, 37, pleaded guilty Oct. 3 in Oakland County Circuit Court to a felony charge of embezzling less than $20,000 from Metro Parent Publishing. On Nov. 7, she was sentenced to three years' probation and was ordered to pay $38,000 in restitution: $15,547 to Metro Parent, $17,055 to Hartford Casualty and $5,433 to Hanover Insurance Co. Connelly, who worked as the office manager of Metro Parent, was arrested July 16 after the company contacted Ferndale Police. "The business owner told police she discovered the suspect had been embezzling from her company for the past three years," Ferndale Police Lt. Detective William Wilson told Ferndale Patch in July. In court documents, Connelly stated: "I, over the course of approximately three…

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Stephanie Blankenship

2:29 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Unfortunately, you don't know what the "CORRECTIONS" system is...   more ›

Friday, October 21, 2011

Ferndale Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement, to be Sentenced in November

Ferndale resident Tracy Connelly plead guilty on Oct. 3 to embezzling less than $20,000 from Ferndale-based Metro Parent Publishing. She will be sentenced on Nov. 7.

Ferndale resident Tracy Connelly, 37, is awaiting sentencing early next month after pleading guilty in Oakland County Circuit Court to a felony charge of embezzling less than $20,000 from Metro Parent Publishing. Connelly, who worked as the office manager of the company, located at 22041 Woodward Ave., pleaded guilty on Oct. 3. "I, over the course of approximately three years, took items that had been given to Metro Parent as samples for review and sold them for profit," Connelly stated in court documents. "I also purchased excess office supplies for personal use, took gift cards that did not belong to me and took personal computers home for personal use, one of which I traded for an iPod Touch." Connelly stated in court documents that …

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Mabelle

1:57 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011

I am familiar with this situation and you are correct, the owners in particular one owner are very difficult and demanding. My sense is that Ms. Connelly did many things outside of her job description with no additional compensation. She in turn rewarded herself in this unfortunate way.   more ›

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