CLEARWATER, Fla. — Detectives have arrested a former city employee accused of stealing more than $148,000 from the Parks and Recreation Department.
- Robert Carpenter arrested Friday morning
- He is accused of stealing from concessionaire and soccer league
- He resigned in late March when investigation began
Robert Carpenter, 58, was taken into custody Friday morning in Clearwater. He faces one count of scheming to defraud, which police say is a first-degree felony.
Carpenter is accused of taking cash payments from a concessionaire at Eddie C. Moore Complex and from a soccer league that rented fields from the city, in addition to cash thefts from two other sources or events.
The Clearwater Police Department said Carpenter was a recreation supervisor when “accounting discrepancies” were…