FLORIDA – A former Florida school board finance director has been charged with grand theft, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has announced.
According to the FDLE, Sue B. Woodward, 68, of Texarkana, Arkansas, faces charges of one count each of grand theft and official misconduct, both felonies. Woodward served as finance director for the Glades County School Board from June 2012 to September 2021, the FDLE said.
The FDLE said it began an investigation in January 2022, when school board leadership reached out to the agency with allegations that Woodward had misappropriated more than $15,000 in school board funds for personal benefit.
The FDLE alleges that Woodward, acting in her capacity as finance director, abused her position to alter her retirement worksheet so as to receive higher payouts for sick and vacation leave on her final paycheck than was legally allowed. The investigation reportedly showed that Woodward misused her public office to overpay herself by $15,257.68.
Woodward turned herself in on an FDLE warrant and was booked into the Glades County Jail on a $15,000 bond. The Office of the State Attorney, 20th Judicial Circuit, will prosecute the case.
