Law enforcement quickly intervened after New Summerfield ISD received information about a possible threat to one of its campuses on Sept. 3. (Tyler Morning Telegraph/ Stock)

Documents allege an East Texas woman who worked at a Tyler-based nonprofit gambled away over $96,000 of the organization’s money.

Dawn Michelle Pitcock, 53, was arrested Monday on a charge of property theft worth between $30,000 and $150,000. She was the accountant for the Hand Up Network in Tyler.

According to the arrest affidavit, Hand Up Network CEO Sam Smith received a fraud alert that a debit card for the nonprofit was used twice at a Lake Charles casino. Pitcock, who uses the card normally, said she used that card by mistake and paid the nonprofit back.

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