The following press release came from the Gulf Shores Police Department:

On March 24, 2023, The Gulf Shores Police Department received a report of embezzlement and misuse of

funds involving the Craft Farms Property Owners Association.

• Detectives from the Gulf Shores Police Department Criminal Investigative Division began reviewing the

property owners association's financial records for January 2019 through May 2022.

• While reviewing the expenditures that occurred over the three year period, inconsistencies were identified

which led investigators to suspect that association funds were being diverted for personal use.

• Evidence was recovered which indicated that on numerous occasions the property association's bank debit

card was used by the property manager to purchase items or pay bills that were not associated with the

property association. These charges included food, entertainment, home improvement items as well as

household living expenses such as utilities and real estate property taxes

• Additional evidence was obtained that showed that the former property manager overcharged the owners

association for overtime wages and health insurance reimbursements.

• Investigators identified $40,000 in stolen association funds.

• Fifty-four-year-old Angela D. Mitchell of Foley, Alabama has been arrested and charged with Theft of

Property first degree.