Accused of stealing more than $31,000 from the mental health advocacy group she directed, a Wyoming lobbyist and former mayor of Laramie faces seven felony theft charges and one felony forgery charge.

Each of the eight counts is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

Andi Summerville served previously as the mayor of Laramie and a city council member.

She was for years the executive director of the Wyoming Association of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (WAMHSAC) and advocated for state funding of a suicide hotline, drug court treatment alternatives in criminal cases and immunity for people reporting drug overdoses.

She was booked Tuesday into the Albany County Detention Center and was released Wednesday morning, the jail confirmed to Cowboy State Daily.

See Full Page