Crime & Safety
Ocean City Woman Charged With Stealing From Betsy Young Memorial Fund
Police allege the woman stole $3,666 from the charitable fund she founded in honor of the former Ocean City music teacher.
Ocean City, NJ -- An Ocean City woman who started a charitable fund in honor of her former music teacher has been accused with stealing more than $3,000 from it to pay for personal expenses.
Amanda Cimpeanu, a.k.a. Amanda Thomas, 23, has been charged with stealing $3,666 from the Betsy Young Memorial Fund, Ocean CIty Police said on Tuesday.
She was arrested following a theft investigation conducted by the Ocean City Police Department in cooperation with the Cape May County Prosecutors Office from October of 2014 until May of this year.
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She was processed and released on a summons.
Young was a music teacher at Ocean City Intermediate School who was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, in 2010 and died in 2011. Thomas started the fund soon after she died.
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Anyone with additional information about the thefts should contact the Ocean City Police Department at 609-399-9111.
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