Antoinette Hodge, the treasurer of Uniontown who was charged last year by then-Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro for allegedly stealing $106,000 in taxpayer funds while in office, is now facing more charges. Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower said Hodge “substantially depleted” the funds of the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Association, where she was a chair of the trustee board, with the first incident happening in July 2018 and continuing through the pandemic. The YWBA is an organization that represents some Baptist churches in Fayette, Westmoreland, Greene, and Allegheny Counties, as well as a church in Morgantown, W. Va. Bower announced 38 felony charges and one misdemeanor charge against Hodge Thursday morning after a complaint was filed with his office in February. Bower said while Hodge did not have authorization to sign checks, she reportedly wrote several fraudulent checks, forging the signatures of those who were authorized to sign them, writing them out to ‘cash.’ In all, Bower said Hodge stole more than $112,000, depleting the YWBA’s accounts, and putting them in debt. Bower said in a three-year period, Hodge gambled more than $144,000 at Lady Luck Casino at Nemacolin, but stopped gambling there after an apparent incident with an employee. The District Attorney added an employee of a local convenience store reported Hodge spent more than $1,000 a day on Pennsylvania Lottery games at her store alone. Hodge’s attorney said Hodge maintains her innocence. Despite this second round of charges, Hodge remains the treasurer of Uniontown. She is on the Democratic primary ballot for the May 16 election. Her attorney said she is still actively running for that office.