{"id":337339,"date":"2026-05-29T10:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337339\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:39:25","slug":"former-elk-grove-league-treasurer-faces-embezzlement-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337339\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Elk Grove league treasurer faces embezzlement charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780051164_658_elk-grove-old-town.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Elk Grove news\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The former president and treasurer of an Elk Grove youth sports league was arrested this month for allegedly embezzling over $100,000 from the organization, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Kristina Vazquez, 41, allegedly embezzled the money from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.egjth.com\/\">Elk Grove Junior Thundering Herd<\/a> Youth Football and Cheer Program over the six years she served on its board, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElkGrovePoliceDepartment\/posts\/pfbid0sCYzAzxx4ttkxaeeootELU63PVoSt1TFqd5RZQYYkSmUPHEsqJuUTwjvu4MTyGL6l\">an Elk Grove Police Department news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to detectives, Vazquez used funds from the youth football account to pay for mortgage payments, car payments, plane tickets, hotels, Disneyland tickets, and other personal expenses,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The two-year investigation included over 20 search warrants and record inquiry requests, according to the release. Vazquez was arrested May 14 after detectives obtained a warrant for her arrest, and she was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Vazquez is charged with six counts of felony embezzlement and six counts of grand theft, according to a spokesperson for the Sacramento County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records, Vazquez was arraigned May 18. She is scheduled to return to court June 24.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/262958523\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DADEY-CAMRYN.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Camryn Dadey\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/262958523\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camryn Dadey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Camryn Dadey is The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova watchdog reporter. She is a 2022 graduate of Sacramento State.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former president and treasurer of an Elk Grove youth sports league was arrested this month for allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-337339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}