A former Eastside Communications Center (Bellevue, Wash.) dispatcher has been charged with embezzling at least $80,000 from a police association fund for charitable contributions. Pamela Rae Heidi, 60, had served 38 years as a dispatcher before she was laid off in June 2009. She served as treasurer for the Bellevue Police Benevolent Association for four years. According to police, Heidi confessed to becoming anxious last year when it was announced her job position would be eliminated, and began taking money from the association account to pay bills and a gambling debt. Heidi told investigators that she had paid most of the money back, and an accountant apparently has confirmed her claim. She was arrested last August and has been charged with first-degree theft. She faces up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 if convicted. She remains free on bond.
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