Crime & Safety

Report: St. Matthew Suing Former Secretary

Suit comes on the heels of embezzlement case.

has sued former secretary Darlene Vodvarka, according to a Journal Sentinel report, just a few weeks after she pleaded guilty in an embezzlement case.

The suit claims she embezzled more than $400,000 from the church between 2005 and 2011 and also names her husband, Edward Vodvarka, as a defendant, according to the report.

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Vodvarka was charged in Milwaukee County Circut Court by manipulating records connected with a church fundraising program.

She and will be sentenced March 20.

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