A mother and daughter have been arrested for allegedly stealing from their homeowners association.
The pair – 67-year-old Dewana Vaughn and 44-year-old Holly Marie Cagle – live in the Countryside Lakes subdivision in Weirsdale.
Cagle had served as the treasurer for the subdivision.
Earlier this year, a new treasurer took over the HOA’s finances and found that Cagle had stolen more than $50,000, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The new treasurer said that when she confronted Cagle about the missing funds, Cagle told her that “she only took the money to help her family,” according to the report.
A Marion County detective assigned to the case obtained the HOA’s books and subpoenaed the account records from Regions Bank in Summerfield. He was able to confirm that several Zelle transactions went from the HOA’s Regions Bank account to an account at Bank of America. The Bank of America account belonged to High Mark Transport LLC, a company owned by Cagle’s husband. He has not been charged.
The detective found that Cagle had also made some credit card purchases for High Mark Transport as well as Zelle debit transfers to Vaughn.
In addition, a cashier’s check in the amount of $10,604 had been made out from the HOA account to Vaughn’s sister, who is Cagle’s aunt. The sister told the detective that Vaughn had stolen $18,000 from their late mother’s account and the sister believed the cashier’s check from the HOA was supposed to be a repayment of some of the money stolen from the dead mother’s account. She explained to the detective that she had helped Cagle, and her husband set up High Mark Transport LLC by providing funds. She said that Cagle ran up approximately $20,000 on a joint business credit card, but had promised to pay her back in $200 installments over time.
Cagle has been charged with a felony larceny. Vaughn is facing a charge of grand theft.
Both women were taken into custody on Sunday and booked at the Marion County Jail. Cagle was released on $25,000 bond. Vaughn was released on $2,500 bond.