A former head of a Billings nonprofit has been charged with using the organization’s funds to furnish her home and fill her wardrobe.

Sheri Lynn Boelter, 55, allegedly used the company credit card while serving as CEO for New Day Inc. to shop for herself and her family, eventually spending “approximately $25,000 to $100,000,” according to charging documents filed Tuesday in Yellowstone County District Court.

Charges against Boelter followed an internal audit revealing discrepancies in spending, and a New Day board of directors member taking those concerns to law enforcement.

The number of items eventually seized by the Billings Police Department as evidence while serving a search warrant was such that BPD evidence technicians had to bring a trailer to haul them away from Boelter’s home,

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