Atmore police have filed charges against the Florida woman accused of stealing nearly $17,000 from an Escambia County (Fla.) Little League organization.

Paula Pugh was initially charged with grand theft and fraud in Florida, but those charges were dropped last week due to what the judge ruled a “jurisdictional issue.”

But this week, Atmore police said they have charged Pugh with nine counts of 3rd-degree possession of a forged instrument, one count of 1st-degree theft by deception and one of 2nd-degree theft by deception.

Those charges stem from multiple transactions involving the Little League funds which were conducted at the First National Bank in Atmore.

The charges came after Atmore police were contacted about the case on May 31 and began reviewing the financial records and witness statements, according to police. Pugh turned herself in at the Escambia County (Ala.) Detention Center Tuesday morning.

She posted bond and was released Thursday morning, according to the jail docket.

Pugh was first arrested in April in Florida after authorities uncovered illegal transactions totaling $16,977.87 over a 17-month period between July 2021 and December 2022.

Pugh had served as the treasurer/bookkeeper of the Northwest Escambia Little League from 2017 until last December, when league president John Maughon became suspicious and alerted law enforcement to the suspect theft.

According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, investigators obtained bookkeeping records and bank records which showed transactions reportedly made by Pugh from the league account held at First National Bank in Atmore. The transactions, unauthorized by the league’s board of directors, included ATM withdrawals, debit card purchases and checks cashed, according to the authorities.

The documents obtained by investigators show Pugh cashed checks from the league account for amounts ranging from $530 to $2,000. There were 25 separate ATM withdrawals, all but one completed at First National Bank in Atmore, ranging in amounts from $40 to $300, according to the sheriff’s office.

In all, there were 43 unauthorized transactions listed in the arrest report. None of the transactions cited in the arrest report had supporting receipts or other documentation, according to investigators.