GRAND ISLAND — Authorities are searching for a Broken Bow accountant who is accused of stealing more than $45,000 from the Broken Bow Booster Club.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Connie Ulmer, the booster club’s former treasurer, on four counts of theft by unlawful taking totaling $5,000 or more.
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In court records, Nebraska State Patrol investigator Dion Neumiller said that he was advised by booster club members of several suspicious transactions involving the club’s checking account.
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The affidavit said Ulmer, 50, was treasurer of the booster club, and an authorized user of the checking account, from 2018 to May 2020.
Bank records indicate, according to the affidavit, that on June 26, 2019, Ulmer signed a check from the booster club written to Connie Ulmer Accounting for $19,776.38.
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Bank records indicate four suspect electronic checks totaling $45,494.09 issued from the booster club. Three were credited to University of Nebraska-Lincoln student accounts, and the other was credited to Ulmer’s accounting practice.
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