A Baton Rouge woman has been arrested, accused of stealing $42,000 from an Ascension Parish youth football group where she served as treasurer, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Heather Hinton, 43, was booked into the Ascension Parish jail on Tuesday on counts of illegal transmission of monetary funds, bank fraud and theft over $25,000.

She turned herself into authorities and admitted to the allegations, after an arrest warrant was issued, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

The investigation began after members of the South Louisiana Youth Football Association contacted the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office on Saturday with concerns about Hinton, who served as treasurer for an Ascension Parish affiliate group within the organization, the Sheriff's Office said.

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