Beaver Co. State Sen. LaValle's Wife Accused Of Stealing From Nonprofit
POSTED: 1:21 pm EDT August 14,
2008
UPDATED: 1:35 pm EDT August 14,
2008
ROCHESTER, Pa. -- The wife of Democratic state Sen. Gerald LaValle is charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a nonprofit she headed, inflating her salary and denying employees pension benefits.Attorney General Tom Corbett said Darla LaValle, 68, of Rochester, Beaver County, stole the money while heading the Voluntary Action Center on Brighton Avenue from 1987 until March 2007.Darla LaValle has already repaid $47,000 the agency's board says she shouldn't have received. It is not clear if she has an attorney.
She is charged with misapplication of entrusted property and property of government, theft by unlawful taking, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received and theft by deception. Each count is a third-degree felony.Darla LaValle was released on her own recognizance after being arraigned Thursday morning. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 21 at the county courthouse.
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