Retired Police Sergeant In California Charged With Embezzling $102K

Ray Wood, 53, of Hollister, California, has been charged with embezzling some $102,000 from the union that represented the Hollister Police Department where he had served most recently as a sergeant.  Authorities accuse Wood, who was president of the union, of siphoning off funds from the department over a period of nearly 7 years, beginning in March 2004 until December 2010.  Wood allegedly wrote checks to himself and took union dues proceeds for his own benefit.

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