Ex-Girl Scout Leader To Pay $20,000 Restitution

DAYTON, Ohio—A former Girl Scout leader in Ohio has agreed to pay the organization $20,000 as restitution for stealing money and using it for vacations, groceries and other personal expenses.

Prosecutors say Tamara Jo Ward had access to a bank account that the Dayton-based troop used to deposit revenue from cookie sales.

Under a restitution agreement reached with prosecutors, Ward will pay $5,000 up front, then pay $250 a month during a five-year probation period. She also was sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Marcia Dowds, a staff representative with the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, attended Thursday’s court hearing. She said the agreement allows everyone in the case to move on.

The 45-year-old Ward pleaded guilty in April to a charge of grand theft, a fourth-degree felony.

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