2/28/2024 0 Comments Embezzlement investigation into Sonoma preschool finalized, sent to Sonoma County District AttorneyPublished: Feb. 13, 2024
Sonoma County Sheriff’s detectives completed their investigation into allegations of embezzlement at the Old Adobe School on Tuesday and have sent their findings to the District Attorney’s office. Investigators found $15,003.43 had been withdrawn “fraudulently and for personal gain” by an employee of the Sonoma preschool. According to a sergeant with the Sonoma Police Department with knowledge of the investigation, the employee kept some of the money herself and gave some to friends and family members. “Based on findings from the investigation, investigators believe an employee embezzled funds from Old Adobe School,” the sergeant told the Index-Tribune on Tuesday. “Forensic accounting showed the suspect wrote checks to herself and provided cash to friends and family.”
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Despite reports of dog attacks stemming back to 2018, Sonoma County Animal Services failed to remove two pit bulls from a Sonoma residence which directly led to the death of a dog and the mauling of a man who required 30 stitches and six hours of surgery. “I could tell (Tagg’s) neck was broken [stiff and in a fixed upright position] and he was limp. Additionally, one eye was completely ejected while the other was bulging. He had a puncture wound to his neck and another through his head,” Tagg’s owner wrote in a report to Animal Services. “I clearly understood he would not survive these injuries.” Read the full investigation Read about the man who was mauled
When Renneau Daly-Brewster received a nonrenewal notice in September from her fire insurance company American Modern, she panicked.
It was the second time her homeowners insurance was not renewed by her insurer since the Nuns Fire in 2017, part of a wider statewide pullout by insurers from burn zones that has hit Sonoma Valley residents, particularly those in Glen Ellen and Kenwood. Amid California’s recent era of catastrophic wildfires, the cost of fire insurance skyrocketed, with many insurers opting curtail or cancel coverage entirely, deciding it is not worth the growing risks. Homeowners have been left to sort out an upended marketplace, with patchwork protections from the state that have fallen short of shielding many insurance customers. “It’s kind of like pot luck, you take you chances” Daly-Brewster said. “Hopefully we’ve done enough to protect our house, but there’s always that worry.” 12/11/2022 0 Comments Displaced by the 2017 Nuns Fire, a Sonoma Valley family looks back on what was lostGrace McCaull walked through the dirt parking lot where her home at the Bouverie Preserve stood before the Nuns Fire left it a pile of ash. McCaull, 21, was 16 years old when more than 1,300 structures, including more than 400 homes, burned across Sonoma Valley in the 2017 North Bay firestorm. The Nuns Fire, largest of the blazes at 56,556 acres — an area greater than the size of Oakland — was ignited about 10 p.m. on Oct. 8 by power equipment that came into contact with a toppled alder tree. It killed three people and displaced thousands of residents, many of whom never returned. Some faced overwhelming financial hurdles. For others, the emotional trauma was an unbearable cost. “My mom and me and my sister had lived here for 14 years,” McCaull said. “Living here was such a formative experience for me and was such a pillar of my identity. And I couldn't go back.” |
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