Local woman charged with stealing $130,000 from bank

A Havre woman is accused of stealing nearly $130,000 from Bear Paw Credit Union, where she worked for many years.

Peggy Teel is charged with one felony count of theft by embezzlement, a common scheme, and is scheduled to appear in state District Court to plead guilty or not guilty Aug. 15.

Charging documents say that on Feb. 3, Gerry Veis, Bear Paw's executive vice president, came into the police station to report that he suspected someone was stealing money from the credit union.

Veis told officers the credit union had been having unusual shortages going back to 2007. He said that, in...