Youth Baseball, Softball League Embezzler Still Owes Thousands A Decade After Conviction

CONCORD, NH — A Capital Region felon who has failed to pay back full restitution after being convicted of theft more than 10 and a half years ago is back in court to answer why.

Michelle Toupin of Sherman Drive in Boscawen, the former treasurer of the Merrimack Valley Youth Baseball and Softball League, embezzled more than $15,000 from the organization and was caught in April 2013. She pleaded guilty to a single felony theft count in February 2014. Family members helped her pay back some of the restitution during her sentencing. According to her plea, Toupin was slated to pay back the league and pay fines to the court of $8,035.50.

Between that time and today, Toupin has been threatened with violating court orders and probation several times. According to documents, each time, she agreed to revised provisions of the restitution and then was accused of failing to adhere to the plans.

In May 2022, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections informed the court she still owed $7,105.50 and had yet to make a payment for more than two years. A court hearing was canceled after Toupin agreed to pay $50 monthly and more in October 2022.

In late September 2022, a case technician told the court she had not made any payments. A few months later, after catching up on her payments, she agreed to a $ 100-a-month plan beginning in October 2022, Kyle Craver, the case technician at the time, said, and another hearing was canceled.

Toupin is now being hauled into Merrimack County Superior Court for another violation of a court order hearing at 1 p.m. on Aug. 15 after a corrections fiscal agent informed the court she had a balance of $5,905.50.

“To date,” Elizabeth Holt, the fiscal agent, said, “the defendant has not made a payment since March 2024.”

The league serves boys and girls, 4 to 16, in Penacook, Boscawen, Salisbury, and Webster, as well as softball in Loudon and Babe Ruth baseball in Andover, according to its website.

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