{"id":1489376,"date":"2026-03-19T07:51:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1489376"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:29:27","slug":"woman-accused-of-embezzling-from-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1489376","title":{"rendered":"Woman accused of embezzling from nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1489378\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/SCEMBEZZLEMENT-75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"168\" \/>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; A woman has been arrested after reportedly stealing more than $100,000 from an East Texas nonprofit. According to our news partner KETK, Palestine Police said they received a report of a possible embezzlement on Friday involving 75-year-old Jo Ellen Walley, the former treasurer of Harvey Women\u2019s Club, a nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, detectives learned that Walley had made several transactions paying herself or personal bills from the club accounts amounting to more than $100,000 throughout the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>Walley was taken into custody on Monday after officers executed a search warrant of her home on Chaparrel Run. She was booked into the Smith County Jail and charged with misapplication of fiduciary property.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; A woman has been arrested after reportedly stealing more than $100,000 from an East Texas nonprofit. According to our news partner KETK, Palestine Police said they received a report of a possible embezzlement on Friday involving 75-year-old Jo Ellen Walley, the former treasurer of Harvey Women\u2019s Club, a nonprofit. During the investigation, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1489376\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Woman accused of embezzling from nonprofit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1489660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/SCEMBEZZLEMENT-75.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 08:12:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/SCEMBEZZLEMENT-75.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1489376"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489986,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489376\/revisions\/1489986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1489376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1489376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1489376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}