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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Employee Charged With Stealing $350,000 From Newtown Vet Hospital

Trisha Lynn McLaughlin, 36, of Warminster is facing first degree felony charges for the theft, which police say was carried out by forging checks and overpaying herself on payroll.

The former practice manager of the Newtown Veterinary Hospital is facing  charges for allegedly taking more than $350,000 from the business over the course of her 10 years of employment with the company. Trisha Lynn McLaughlin, 36, of Warminster is facing first degree felony charges for the theft, which police say was carried out by forging checks, abusing company credit cards and overpaying herself on payroll.  McLaughlin worked at the local veterinary hospital from 2001 to 2011 after she was fired for misappropriation of funds, police said. Newtown Township detectives began investigating last year after the owner of the Newtown Veterinary Hospital told police that he believed his former employee had embezzled funds. According to police, …

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