A jury trial in Clinton County is set for Aug. 3-4 for Dana Maxwell, who is accused of stealing over $150,000 from the Tri-County R-7 School from May 2012 through August 2015, while she was a secretary and bookkeeper at the school.
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The case is a change of venue from Daviess County. The two-day trial will convene on Aug. 3 at 9 a.m. at the Plattsburg courthouse located at 207 North Main Street. The case has previously been set for jury trial five times, but each time the trial has been postponed and rescheduled.
Maxwell, 42, Gallatin, is accused of making multiple unauthorized purchases on the school’s credit cards. She also allegedly completed checks and requisition orders representing signatures of school board members and the school superintendent which were not authorized. She is also accused of taking over $29,000 from the school’s food service account.
As secretary, Maxwell had access to all the district’s cash receipts and was responsible for recording and making the deposits which included food service, school activities and sporting event monies. She also had custody of the petty cash and athletic officials’ cash and various credit cards.
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office was contacted following an audit of the school which revealed discrepancies in the finances in 2015.
Maxwell is charged with three counts of B felony stealing, four counts of C felony stealing, seven C felony counts of forgery, and one D felony count of fraudulent use of credit device. In Missouri, class B felonies carry terms of 5-15 years; C felonies carry terms of 3-10 years; and D felonies carry terms not to exceed 7 years.
Maxwell graduated from Tri-County R-7 High School in 1993.