Westchester Insider: Westchester County District Attorney's Office: FORMER MAMARONECK PUBLIC LIBRARY BUSINESS MANAGER SENTENCED FOR STEALING MORE THAN $43,000 FROM LIBRARY.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2024.

 

FORMER MAMARONECK PUBLIC LIBRARY BUSINESS MANAGER SENTENCED FOR STEALING MORE THAN $43,000 FROM LIBRARY.

Defendant, who used library funds on personal expenses for seven years, paid full restitution.

 

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced today that the former business manager of the Mamaroneck Public Library was sentenced to three years of probation for stealing more than $43,000 from the library between 2016 and 2023. 

 

DA Rocah said: “This defendant violated the trust of her employer and the Mamaroneck community by stealing funds from the Mamaroneck Public Library to benefit herself. Today’s sentence includes the return of money stolen from the Mamaroneck Public Library.” 

 

The defendant, Mary Soto, 62, of Mamaroneck, pleaded guilty on April 24 to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a felony. As part of her plea agreement, the defendant paid full restitution in the amount of $43,940.  

 

Between May 2016 and February 2023, the defendant stole approximately $43,940 from the library’s bank accounts in the form of credit card and recurring debit transactions for personal expenses. The defendant resigned from the library in March 2023 after 27 years.  

 

The DA’s Criminal Investigators Squad arrested the defendant on Dec. 14, 2023.  

 

The case was before New York State Supreme Court Justice Larry Schwartz in Westchester County Court and prosecuted by the Public Integrity and Law Enforcement Integrity Bureau, with assistance from Forensic Accountant Michael Frenza.