Coach Jodie Wastney sentenced to community detention for stealing from marching team
A youth marching team coach has been sentenced to community detention after stealing thousands of dollars from the team's fundraising fund.
Coach Jodie Wastney stole money from a youth marching team's fundraising kitty and has been sentenced to community detention. The theft breached the trust of young team members and their parents. Wastney was described as a once-trusted coach whose actions deliberately abused the faith placed in her.
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Coach Jodie Wastney sentenced to community detention for stealing from marching team
Coach Jodie Wastney stole money from the team’s fundraising kitty.
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Coach Jodie Wastney sentenced to community detention for stealing from marching team
The once-trusted coach of a youth marching team shattered the faith of young members and their parents when she stole thousands of dollars from the fundraising kitty.