Rutland Herald
By Kathleen
PHALEN Tomaselli
STAFF WRITER | September 13,2016
PHALEN Tomaselli
STAFF WRITER | September 13,2016
A Weston man pleaded innocent Monday in Rutland criminal court to two counts of felony embezzlement.
According to Killington Police, while Michael E. Jenkins, 35, was manager of the Woods Resort and Spa on Killington Road, there were 26 unauthorized credit card purchases totaling more than $2,300, and $1,100 from petty cash was missing.
The discrepancies first appeared in February when another employee noticed conflicts in the records and some suspicious banking activity, police said.
In a series of emails to the Woods Resort president, Heidi Bomengen, Jenkins said he would pay back everything. And in May, Jenkins told Officer Donald Howard that he got a new job at Topnotch Resort and Spa in Stowe and would be sending Bomengen $100 each week until the total was paid back.
Bomengen confirmed the discussion with police. She told Howard that she did receive her first $100, but the bank wouldn’t cash the check because it wasn’t made out properly. On June 2, Bomengen told police that she had received three money orders from Jenkins; two were for $1,000 each and one was for $100. Jenkins also sent a personal check for $129, according to police.
Howard spoke with Bomengen on June 15 and that was last she had heard from Jenkins.
According to police, the total owed to Bomengen and the Woods is over $3,000 and the amount paid back is over $2,000.
Jenkins was released on Monday on the condition he not, as part of his employment, handle petty cash or company credit cards without direct supervision.
His next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 17 in Rutland criminal court.
According to Killington Police, while Michael E. Jenkins, 35, was manager of the Woods Resort and Spa on Killington Road, there were 26 unauthorized credit card purchases totaling more than $2,300, and $1,100 from petty cash was missing.
The discrepancies first appeared in February when another employee noticed conflicts in the records and some suspicious banking activity, police said.
In a series of emails to the Woods Resort president, Heidi Bomengen, Jenkins said he would pay back everything. And in May, Jenkins told Officer Donald Howard that he got a new job at Topnotch Resort and Spa in Stowe and would be sending Bomengen $100 each week until the total was paid back.
Bomengen confirmed the discussion with police. She told Howard that she did receive her first $100, but the bank wouldn’t cash the check because it wasn’t made out properly. On June 2, Bomengen told police that she had received three money orders from Jenkins; two were for $1,000 each and one was for $100. Jenkins also sent a personal check for $129, according to police.
Howard spoke with Bomengen on June 15 and that was last she had heard from Jenkins.
According to police, the total owed to Bomengen and the Woods is over $3,000 and the amount paid back is over $2,000.
Jenkins was released on Monday on the condition he not, as part of his employment, handle petty cash or company credit cards without direct supervision.
His next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 17 in Rutland criminal court.
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