According to an investigation being conducted by Lt. Dylan Hinds of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, more than $7,000 was recently found missing from a Morgan County High School Booster Club Account for the girls' tennis team.
As a result, the booster club’s treasurer, 57-year-old Angela Marie Young, has been arrested and charged with theft by conversion.
A report obtained from the sheriff’s office says discrepancies in the Booster Club account came to light when school officials began planning for the team’s appearance in the GHSA state playoffs, which required members of the team to stay overnight in a hotel as well as needing funds to purchase meals, shirts, awards, bus travel and a team event at Top Golf at the end of the season.
Each member of the tennis team is required to pay a $200 fee, which is deposited into the Booster Club account in the event such funds are needed.
When the school contacted Young about the funds, she said there was “around” $4,000 in the account, slightly less than the $4,400 that the 22 students on the team would have contributed.
Money in the account also rolls over every year if the funds are not spent in full.
As planning continued for the trip to the semifinals, school officials requested an updated account balance. Still, according to the report, Young did not respond to a question asked in a group text about the account’s current balance.
School officials then contacted the Bank of Madison and learned the account balance was only $2,740.
A bank statement obtained from the Bank of Madison for January of 2026 showed a balance of $2.69 as of Jan. 31, 2026, according to the report. School officials close to the situation knew something was wrong because, each year, they typically have more money rolling over into the next tennis season.
Also indicated on the bank statement was an ATM withdrawal, dated Jan. 31, from the ATM located at 1540 Eatonton Road, in the amount of $300.
When asked about this withdrawal, school officials said the Booster Club uses a debit card or a check and would back up any purchase with this account with a receipt as proof of purchase.
Additional ATM withdrawals were found on the February statement, including $60 on Feb. 3, $400 on Feb. 13, $300 on Feb. 1, and $500 on Feb. 24.
Also, a $700 check was reportedly written by Young with “cash” written in the “pay to the order of” line on March 4.
Hinds continued analyzing the bank statements and found additional withdrawals from the previous year.
A total of 16 unexplained transactions were found: 14 withdrawals and 2 checks, totaling $7,170.
Young, who works for the Morgan County Planning and Development Office, was asked about the missing funds and, at one point, told Hinds she had planned to put the money back into the account and had also planned to meet with school officials about the situation.