Former Uniontown treasurer found guilty of stealing from city
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A former city treasurer in Uniontown has been convicted of stealing more than $100,000 in taxpayer funds.
A jury in Fayette County found Antoinette Hodge guilty of stealing $106,000.
Hodge was charged with stealing money collected by the treasurer's office between 2020 and 2021.
Prosecutors said Hodge spent the money on the lottery and various personal expenses.
Hodge was also charged with stealing $112,000 from a religious association.
The charges stem from when she was a chairperson for the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Association, which is affiliated with 27 Baptist churches throughout Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny counties.
Members became suspicious when they discovered invoices and bills were not being paid. They discovered the organization was significantly in debt with creditors and several services were in danger of being cut off.
Police say the general checking account and money market account were secretly depleted.