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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Former Town of Inglis employee jailed
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for fraud against Town
Sandra Lambert, 59, 8350 Hwy. 40 East, Inglis, was charged March 26, with fraud
obtaining property greater than $20,000, but less than $50,000. Her bond was
set at $20,000.
According to Lambert’s arrest report, she is accused of charging items
to a Town of Inglis Visa credit card from the period of Sept., 2009 through
Feb. 12, 2013. Lambert was employed by the Town of Inglis and handled ac-
counts payable.
On Feb. 15, Inglis Police Chief Steve Dixon contacted the Levy Lambert
County Sheriff s Office about the case while an auditor was reviewing the
town’s records during a yearly audit. The Visa card issued to Lambert for Town of Inglis
business had reached its maximum credit limit. According to the report, Lambert told Rob-
ert Beauchamp, a Certified Public Accountant who had been hired by the Town of Inglis to
perform the audit, and Inglis Town Clerk Sally McCranie, that she had used the credit card
to pay her personal bills.
When the forensic audit was completed in Late Feb., Beauchamp determined, that
from Sept. 2009 through Feb. 2013, Lambert had charged $23,290.86 on the Town of Inglis
credit card issued to her. Lambert agreed that she’d made all the charges for her personal
Edie Brown, Sara Weaver, Postmaster Eva K Hawthorne and Sally Price raise the special flag
use, with he exception of four items she disputed that she said were transactions for Town
the Postal Service put out for the Bicentennial 200th anniversary of our country. The flag was
of Inglis, and not her personal, business. She agreed to having made $22,823.01 in personal
raised 1-7-76 by the 3 Inglis postal clerks and the postmaster. The flag flew all year on the
charges to the Town’s credit card. She said she started using the card for personal business in
flag pole in front of the post office on the corner of Risher Ave and Hwy 40 W in the building
late 2009, that she paid utility bills and cell phone bills with the card and also used the card
which is now Kar Parts in Inglis. Newscaster/ Sally Price.
to purchase personal items, as well as using the card for Town business. She said she was
sorry for her actions and had done it for family financial reasons.
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