{"id":436649,"date":"2026-08-18T21:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436649\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:54:11","slug":"imperial-beach-little-league-treasurer-accused-of-embezzling-nearly-96000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436649\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Beach Little League treasurer accused of embezzling nearly $96,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

IMPERIAL BEACH (KGTV) \u2014 An Imperial Beach Little League treasurer accused of stealing nearly $96,000 from the youth baseball organization has been arrested, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

Reshae Marie Cuevas, 40, was arrested Aug. 12 and booked into Las Colinas Detention Facility. She faces eight counts of grand theft and eight counts of embezzlement.<\/p>\n

The allegations came to light in February, when league President Zach Garland said he discovered a year’s worth of unauthorized transactions on the league’s debit card.<\/p>\n

Garland reported Cuevas to the Sheriff’s Office and estimated that about $96,000 had been taken.<\/p>\n

“It was a long time coming. It’s been a long six months since we found out what was going on.” Garland said. “We had $1,600 in our accounts. It broke my heart.” <\/p>\n

The alleged theft dealt a major financial blow to the league, which Garland said typically spends between $60,000 and $70,000 to operate a spring season, including paying for field maintenance, equipment, uniforms, vendors, and more.<\/p>\n

The league’s financial uncertainty became so severe that officials considered putting the season on hold before opening day back in March.<\/p>\n

However, a $10,000 donation from the local Stars and Stripes gas station, along with more donations, fundraising, and support from other community members and sponsors, helped the league continue its season.<\/p>\n

ABC 10News was there<\/a> as players and families learned they would still be able to play.<\/p>\n

That was also right after Cuevas was removed from the league’s board. Garland describes why the Cuevas’ betrayal was devastating.<\/p>\n

“I met her through the league, and it’s like a family,” Garland said. “She’s been to my house, she knows my kids, I knew and trusted her.
I’m very glad to see that there are multiple charges. Obviously it’s a lot of money. I hope that justice gets served because to take that away, especially when that money would go to the kids in this park, is terrible.”<\/p>\n

Kelsa Smith, the league’s safety officer and board member, said she had served alongside Cuevas on the board for three years, and considered her a friend.<\/p>\n

“I had no idea she was capable of this,” Smith said.<\/p>\n

Despite the financial setback by Cuevas, Smith said the league grinded to fundraise and ensure its young players were shielded from the turmoil.<\/p>\n

“Our players didn’t feel it at all, and that was our goal,” Smith said.<\/p>\n

League officials say they are now focused on moving forward after months of uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Cuevas is expected to be arraigned Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the San Diego Central Courthouse.<\/p>\n

The charges are allegations, and Cuevas is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IMPERIAL BEACH (KGTV) \u2014 An Imperial Beach Little League treasurer accused of stealing nearly $96,000 from the youth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[53107,242,173299,109481,173300,74,76,75,173301],"class_list":["post-436649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-embezzlement","tag-grand-theft","tag-imperial-beach-little-league","tag-little-league","tag-reshae-cuevas","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-zach-garland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436649","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=436649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}