The Ohio State Auditor says her office is conducting a special audit investigation of the village of Golf Manor, after finding more than $20,000 missing from mayor’s court bank accounts. The audit also issues a finding for recovery for the missing funds against Kristen Wocher, the former mayor’s court clerk and police chief’s assistant.
Mary Taylor’s office initiated a special audit of the village’s mayor’s court on April 1, 2009 after being contacted by Village Police Chief Eddie Taylor. When Chief Taylor took office, he noted that no deposits had been made to mayor’s court bank accounts in January or February 2009. As mayor’s court clerk for the village, Wocher was responsible for collecting payments of fines and bond payments, then depositing those collections into the appropriate bank accounts and recording the information in the county’s crimes database.
The Auditor of State’s investigation revealed a total of $21,190 in public funds collected from taxpayers, but never deposited into village bank accounts. These missing funds were identified as a finding for recovery, or public monies collected but unaccounted for, against Wocher. At the time of the release of the report today, the missing funds had not been repaid to the village.
Wocher is not criminally charged in connection with the case. She no longer works for the city of Golf Manor.
