CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. \u2014 A 50-year-old woman was arrested earlier this week by the Coral Springs Police Department on accusations that she stole more than $40,000 from the Parent Teacher Organization of a Broward County school where she served as treasurer.<\/p>\n
According to her arrest report, Rebecca Lynn Sanon, of Tamarac, stole a total of $44,072.51 during the time she served as treasurer for the PTO for Imagine Charter School at Broward between August 2020 and July\/August 2024.<\/p>\n
Police said members of the PTO filed a complaint with Coral Springs police in August 2024 after discovering that Sanon had allegedly embezzled more than $17,000.<\/p>\n
According to the report, the board claimed that they were preparing for a PTO event on July 27, 2024, when they discovered that the organization only had about $1,000 in its bank account, which was significantly lower than expected.<\/p>\n
Police said the board reviewed its account and discovered that about $17,000 was missing.<\/p>\n
But police said detectives discovered the actual amount missing over the years in which Sanon served on the PTO was more than $44,000.<\/p>\n
According to the report, the losses included $35,490 in ATM withdrawals, along with utility payments, Uber transactions and purchases made at stores and restaurants, including Publix and Walmart.<\/p>\n
Police said surveillance video helped tie Sanon to the fraudulent purchases\/transactions.<\/p>\n
According to the report, detectives initially questioned Sanon in January 2025, at which time she admitted to using the PTO\u2019s debit card to make an ATM withdrawal at a Sam\u2019s Club and then using the card to take an Uber ride during the night of a car accident.<\/p>\n
She told detectives she withdrew the money because she was going through a \u201cbad situation\u201d and used the funds to pay her rent to avoid being evicted, according to the report.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear why Sanon wasn\u2019t arrested in January after her alleged admissions to detectives.<\/p>\n
She was, however, arrested Wednesday on charges of grand theft over $20,000 but less than $100,000, scheme to defraud\/obtain property and criminal use of personal identification.<\/p>\n
As of Friday morning, Sanon was no longer appearing in the online jail database.<\/p>\n
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