CHARLOTTE, Mich. – A 53-year-old woman is accused of embezzling nearly $100,000 from a Michigan domestic violence shelter.
According to authorities, Teri Lyn Looney, a former executive director of the SIREN Eaton Shelter in Charlotte, has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly embezzling $95,000 from the nonprofit
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SIREN Eaton Shelter is a nonprofit that supports survivors of domestic abuse, their children, and homeless families. It receives funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Victims of Crimes Act program, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other sources.
Looney served as the shelter’s executive director from June 2021 to May 2023. During that time, she was responsible for all organizational programming, staff supervision, policy implementation alongside the board, and oversight of the shelter’s fiscal operations -- including its budget and cash reserves.
If convicted, Looney faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, and will owe restitution.