Robin Dawn Ramming, 34, was charged Tuesday in Caddo County District Court with two felony counts of embezzlement. She is accused of taking $410,000 between May 2000 to November 2006 by falsifying bank deposits and making cash withdrawals from the trust’s bank account.
The city of Hinton is the beneficiary of the trust, which oversees economic development projects such as the Sugar Creek Canyon Golf Course.
Ramming turned herself in to authorities Tuesday. She was released on $15,000 bail.
Caddo County District Attorney Bret Burns said it appears Ramming was keeping two sets of books, which allowed her to get as much as $1,500 on some days without the board of directors and auditors detecting it.
Burns said the investigation was sparked when Ramming was accused of embezzling from a local car dealership she had gone to work for in 2007. There it’s believed she took $200,000 from the business, but no charges were filed because family members paid the debt, he said.
If convicted, Ramming could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
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