BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) - A Broken Bow accountant has agreed to turn herself in on theft charges - as soon as she's released from a hospital where she's being treated for injuries from a car crash last week, authorities said.
Authorities had been searching for Connie Ulmer, 50, to serve an arrest warrant charging her with four counts of theft, the Grand Island Independent reported. The Nebraska State Patrol discovered she was hospitalized, and a spokesman with the patrol said officials have been in contact with her attorney, who said she would turn herself in when she is released from the hospital.
Police suspect Ulmer of stealing more than $45,000 from the Broken Bow Booster Club, which raises money for activities at Broken Bow Public Schools. Ulmer had been the treasurer of the club.
Investigators said Ulmer, who has an accounting business in Broken Bow, used much of the money stolen was used to pay for the costs of her child attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.