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A New Jersey woman has pled guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two Roman Catholic churches where she worked as a bookkeeper.

The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office announced in a statement Tuesday that Melissa Rivera had pled guilty to two counts of theft in connection with crimes she committed between May 2018 and May 2024 while working as a bookkeeper at Our Lady of the Mountain in Washington Township and Our Lady of Good Counsel in Pompton Plains, both of which are located in Morris County, New Jersey.

Rivera allegedly stole $287,487 from Our Lady of the Mountain and used the funds to write herself 137 checks. She wrote herself three additional checks using a combined total of $5,242 in stolen funds from Our Lady of Good Counsel.

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