Ex-PTO Leader Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $23K

A former leader of the Parent Teach Organization at a Lexington County school was sentenced to two years in prison and five years probation after she pled guilty to stealing money from the group, according to a report. 

Tonya Timmerman, 34, who worked with the PTO at Batesburg-Leesville Primary, admitted to taking more than $23,000 from the organization, according to a report in The State newspaper.

Batesburg-Leesville Police say some of the money Timmerman stole was meant to help a student at the school who was undergoing treatment for cancer, according to WLTX. Police arrested Timmerman last year and charged her with two counts of breach of trust.