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Former Y manager negotiates theft case Nearly two months after an arrest, negotiations are continuing between a former manager accused of embezzling money from the Rogue Valley Family YMCA and the Jackson County District Attorney�s Office. But a local prosecutor says she expects a grand jury to rule soon on the case of Karen Jane Vezina, 38, of Jacksonville. Vezina, a former YMCA executive director, faces a charge of first-degree theft in connection with $6,000 to $7,000 missing from the local agency. "We�re still just following up a few leads, a few details," said Karen Loomis, the deputy district attorney handling the case. "We�ve been trying to work with the defendant and her attorney, but I expect to proceed to the grand jury in a couple weeks." Vezina has retained Medford lawyer Jeni Feinberg, who declined comment Monday. Meanwhile, Vezina has resigned from her job as regional manager for the Child Support Division of the state Department of Justice based in Medford, according to spokeswoman Kristen Grainger. Vezina took the job in June after leaving the YMCA, where she held the agency�s second-highest management post. Vezina was not lodged on the theft charge because prosecutors didn�t consider her to be a flight risk. That�s still true, despite her Oct. 30 resignation, Loomis said. "That doesn�t raise a big concern to me," she said. First-degree theft is a Class C felony involving more than $750 and less than $10,000 in cash. Vezina was arrested Oct. 20, two days after YMCA officials asked Medford police to investigate suspicions of embezzlement. Under public pressure, board members and staff altered their position that the matter should remain an internal affair. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2000 Mail Tribune, Inc.