Theft charges have been filed against the former president of the Sedalia Youth Football League.
According to online court documents, Jimmy D. Brown, 53, of the 1000 block of South Vermont Avenue, has been charged with theft/stealing more than $500. The charges were filed in September 2016 and Brown was arrested by the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office for a warrant Sept. 10, 2016. He was issued a $1,500 bond, cash or surety, which was posted Sept. 13, 2016.
According to court documents, SYFL President Jamie Volk gave a report July 11, 2016, to the Sedalia Police Department that he believed Brown had stolen funds from the organization. Volk told SPD that SYFL had conducted an audit and found Brown had written many checks to himself and provided no receipts or explanations for the funds used.
Due to the statute of limitations, SPD Detective Jacob White began looking at checks on and after Aug. 16, 2013. He found Brown wrote 11 checks to himself for a total of $3,745 from Aug. 16, 2013, to Feb. 23, 2014.
Court documents state Brown wrote six checks with the description of “concessions reimbursement” or “concessions fee” ranging from $110 to $260. A check was written Oct. 12, 2013, for $110 that was blank in the memo, and the same day a check was cashed for a “concessions reimbursement.”
The audit showed a check for “misc discretionary league expenses” for $500 on Nov. 8, 2013, and for “concession stand equipment” for $1,300 on Feb. 23, 2014, according to court documents.
Volk told detectives that concession items should have been purchased with profits from the concession stand itself, and that SYFL does not have a pressure washer, which Brown wrote a check to himself for from the league for $405.
White attempted to speak with Brown shortly before his arrest, but Brown referred him to his attorney, Chris Spangler.
Brown waived his right to a formal arraignment in November 2016 and entered a not guilty plea. Two hearings have taken place since then — one just two weeks ago — and a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 9 a.m. March 7 at the Pettis County Courthouse.
