Uniontown City Treasurer Charged With Stealing $106K

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office filed charges against the elected treasurer of the city of Uniontown for allegedly stealing $106,000 in taxpayer money while she was in office. According to the attorney general’s office, the Uniontown City Council launched an investigation in early 2021 after more than a dozen taxpayers received delinquency notices despite having already paid their taxes. Officials said a grand jury investigation determined that Antoinette Hodge, who was elected treasurer in 2019, had taken the money for her own personal gain. Officials also said that staff at the city’s treasurer’s office testified that multiple changes were made under Hodge’s leadership, including Hodge taking over filling out deposit slips, taking over as the sole person reviewing tax account information and eliminating other checks and balances within the treasurer’s office. The investigation further determined that, during this time period, Hodge took numerous costly vacations and spent tens of thousands of dollars each year on gambling. Hodge has been charged with theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received, misapplication of entrusted property, obstructing administration of law or other governmental function and perjury.