Kristin Lynn Stevens, 34, of LeRoy was charged on Monday in Mower County District Court with felony theft by swindle and felony theft-take/use/transfer movable property without consent. She pleaded not guilty to both charges.

According to the court complaint, a Mower County deputy met with two board members of the “Dawg Pound Wrestling” booster club on April 23 at Grand Meadow High School. One member said she believed Stevens, who was treasurer of the club, had stolen funds from the club account, which supports the consolidated Grand Meadow, LeRoy-Ostrander, and Southland wrestling team. She said the booster club has a bank account with First State Bank in LeRoy and a debit card that was recently in Stevens’ possession. She also said Stevens was the only person who had access to the club’s checks.

The complaint states the booster club member became suspicious money was being mishandled and the board had met the week before to discuss the finances and locate discrepancies. Stevens allegedly provided the board with a financial spreadsheet that was inconsistent with the bank statements. One item the member noticed was an alleged $1,754.65 purchase made with the booster club debit card on April 30, 2017, at the Best Buy in Rochester.

The deputy met with other board members on April 30, the complaint states. One member said she created a spreadsheet of all transactions that occurred from Sept. 1, 2016, to April 24, 2018. She showed the deputy the unauthorized purchases allegedly made by Stevens, which exceeded over $10,000, not including cash received at fundraisers that had not been deposited.

The deputy executed a search warrant on May 3 at Stevens’ residence in the 100 block of Penny Lane in LeRoy. When asked about the unauthorized purchases, Stevens allegedly said she “recently realized” the booster club’s debit card was the default card on her Amazon.com account and she intended to contact the board and pay back the money she “accidentally spent.”

The complaint states she claimed she must have accidentally given her husband the booster club’s debit card for the purchase at Best Buy and she did not notice the charge on the booster club’s statement until “two weeks ago.” When asked about her knowledge of any other unauthorized charges, she allegedly said she was sick and off of work “last summer,” had written some checks “cash” and had repaid the booster club $500 “a few weeks ago.”

The complaint states the deputy made inquiries about the following transactions:

• $103.77 from Kwik Trip on Feb. 13, 2017, which Stevens allegedly said was to purchase pizzas for the wrestling team;

• $99 from Amazon.com, which Stevens alleged was made accidentally. She allegedly said the booster club did not have an Amazon.com account and she had purchased items for the booster club on her personal account;

• $309.58, $314.78, and $152.79 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rochester on April 3, 2017, which Stevens alleged were to pay for “referees’ hotel rooms,” although she said she and her family stayed there at the same time and one of the charges could be for her hotel stay;

• $200 cash withdrawals made on May 13 and May 17, 2017, which Stevens allegedly said were to pay for her personal bills;

• $500 check cashed on June 27, 2017, which Stevens allegedly said was for personal bills;

• $850 withdrawal on Aug. 8, 2017, $300 of which Stevens alleged was for a fundraiser and $550 was for her own use. She also allegedly said the fundraiser made $700, which she kept in addition to the initial $300; and

• $500 check cashed on Nov. 13, 2017, which Stevens allegedly admitted to stealing.

The complaint states she estimated she stole, or accidentally spent, about $6,000 of the booster club’s funds.

The deputy met with Stevens on May 16 at the Mower County Law Enforcement Center, where she admitted to spending $3,738.21 of the booster club’s money for personal expenses and accidentally spending an additional $2,865.45 of the booster club’s fund, according to the complaint.

A pre-trial has been scheduled for Dec. 4.