PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Two former troop leaders were indicted on charges they embezzled from the Girl Scouts and used the money for a personal vacation.
Denise Davis and Mary Farnsworth, both of Parkersburg, face charges of embezzlement and conspiracy in an indictment handed down Friday by the Wood County grand jury.
Both women were former troop leaders of Girl Scouts in Parkersburg. Davis is still the Black Diamond Council’s director of membership services.
Prosecutors alleged the women used $2,400 raised through yard sales and cookie drives to take a trip to Florida. The women visited Sea World with each of their daughters and a friend of one of the daughters in 2011.
Prosecutors claimed the money came from six different “outreach troops,” which serve girls who have low parent participation.
Davis and Farnsworth are scheduled to face a formal arraignment next week before a Wood County judge.