Police: Bookkeeper Bought Lotto Tickets With Embezzled Money

DETROIT (WWJ) - The Oakland County Sheriff's Department says a bookkeeper embezzled $110,000 from a suburban Detroit electrical contractor and used the stolen money to buy lottery tickets.

The department says 47-year-old Waterford Township resident Steven Sharrard was arraigned in Pontiac District Court on embezzlement charges and freed on a $50,000 bond.

The sheriff's department says Sharrard worked as a bookkeeper at Moote Electric in Pontiac and had been employed there about 12 years.

Shararrd is also involved in the Lakes Area Dodgers baseball club.

Investigators and the Lakes Area Dodgers travel baseball organization don't believe any money is missing from the travel team but are conducting an audit going back nine years to investigate that possibility.