Additional charges for N.J. woman accused of stealing $175K from senior community

A woman accused of stealing more than $175,000 from the senior community where she used to work is now facing more charges.
Alicia Campbell, 37, of Mays Landing, was charged on Tuesday with tampering with public records, impersonation, forgery, obstruction of justice and making an unsworn false statement to authorities, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said.
She was originally charged with theft, financial facilitation and forgery in March 2023 after she was accused of stealing funds from the Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course in Waretown, where she used to work as a Lifestyle Director. She was indicted on those charges in January 2024.
In April of this year, Campbell requested and was granted an adjournment for her case after she submitted documentation supporting that her child was suffering from leukemia and needed to be rushed to a hospital in Texas for emergency care, officials said.
Four months later, she sent documentation to the court supporting that the child was still receiving care in Texas and requested another adjournment. On the note’s letterhead, the court noticed that the address of the hospital was incorrect and there was also no contact information for the doctor, authorities said.
An investigation then found that the letter was forged and that Campbell‘s child never received medical care at the hospital, prosecutors said.
In her initial criminal case, Campbell is accused of spending $81,000 of the senior community’s funds on personal expenses, transferring another $94,000 into bank accounts and paying a co-worker $1,900 to create fake receipts.
She is now in custody at Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.
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