Former Havre Day Activity bookkeeper is charged

A former bookkeeper for the Havre Day Activity Center was charged today with embezzling thousands of dollars from the bank accounts of center residents.

Rhonda Metzger began working at the center in 1997 and resigned earlier this year. She faces one count of embezzlement.

Havre Day Activity is a nonprofit corporation that operates five private group homes for more than 40 developmentally disabled adults and provides other services for them.

According to the charging document, Metzger embezzled more than $4,800 from center residents between August 2002 and April of this year. As client accou...