Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Volunteer Steals Brandon Band Funds

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

On Monday, May 23, Rankin County investigators arrested DONNA GLADNEY FLOYD, 42, of Pearl for Embezzlement. The case was first brought to the attention of law enforcement by the Rankin County School District and Brandon High School officials. Further investigation by the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney Generals Office revealed that FLOYD, a parent booster volunteer, had embezzled over $45,000 from Brandon High School band booster funds. Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett will bring FLOYD before Rankin County Court Judge David Morrow for an initial appearance.




42 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brando Booster Bamboozled Band Bank....

Anonymous said...

Dirt bag.

Anonymous said...

$45,000???? Lawd!!

Anonymous said...

I know she can run the concession stand, in jail ....

Anonymous said...

The band director for Oak Grove high school in Hattiesburg did the same thing. She was allowed to retire though.

Anonymous said...

I am sure she was going to pay it back!!!

Anonymous said...

The band must still be using the Enron accounting method.

Anonymous said...

Well, well, well…
She didn’t want me working concession stand after the first time and I questioned her math. And told me another time that I couldn’t work the cash drawer because she “needed someone she could trust”. She was also really great at looking down her nose at people. Her son was a senior this year and she was given an award at the band banquet on the 13th. I won’t be surprised if other names are given…

Anonymous said...

donuts and ice cream-

Anonymous said...

She looks good in that red and white striped outfit!

Anonymous said...

What a freaking monster. I hope she gets real jail time and is forced to pay back or work off her theft.

Disgusting.

Anonymous said...

2:15, I was aware the Oak Grove director had retired but certainly did not know this backstory. Was it handled quietly by the school district? I don't recall seeing anything amiss involving her being reported by Pine Belt news outlets.

As the parent of an Oak Grove graduate (who was a student of this "retiree" when she was band director at the middle school) this news is disappointing.

Anonymous said...



2:33 if a crook cannot trust you to run the cash drawer you might need to take a long look at yourself.

Anonymous said...

"These fries are GOOD!"

Anonymous said...

This isn't the first fund to be stolen at Brandon High School. If I am not mistaken, there were some missing monies from the Girls Softball or Soccer fund several years ago if I remember correctly.

Anonymous said...

Just very sad that someone gets to the point of deciding to steal from others.

Anonymous said...

Maybe this will stop her from posting her god-awful exercise videos on social media.

Anonymous said...

It takes money to fuel the beast.

Anonymous said...

Prayers for her mom& children as she was raised by two great Christian parents !

Anonymous said...

Where are the checks and balances my people.

Anonymous said...

You can always spot this type from a mile away (pun intended). She looks like the typical poster child of embezzlement.

Anonymous said...

It doesn't appear that she has a meth problem. Maybe a twinky problem.

Anonymous said...

"Ya got trouble, folks, right here in River City."

The Music Man, play/movie about music grifter.

Anonymous said...

Appreciate the sheriff and the DA having a heart and not arresting this broad before her son who is a high school senior graduated. Thanks sheriff and DA. Good move.

Krusatyr said...

Two, I say gimme two people to sign every check. The two should be from separate departments. Then audit twice a year!

Anonymous said...

3:27 - I was a new band parent, and had volunteered for several things. She got pissed because the first time I worked concession at a football game, I questioned her putting cash in envelopes and not having two people count the money. She would then walk around and just grab cash out of each drawer and walk away and put all envelopes of cash in her vehicle. So no, I do not need to take a long look at myself. I know exactly who I am, and it is the farthest thing from a crook. I never worked a cash drawer around this woman, so she had nothing to judge me on other than my questioning of her integrity.

Anonymous said...

Innocent until proven guilty. Wait, that was the America y’all talk about but never lived in. Off with her head.

Anonymous said...

Well she was a band "booster."

Anonymous said...

@4:12PM
Comment of the year

Shooting beer out of my nose really hurts.

Anonymous said...

So that is why the Krispy Kreme fundraiser lost money!!!

Anonymous said...

@6:19 - Appreciate your suggestion, but, up under the stands, working concession, not many checks are taken and none are written. Pay attention - clearly several posts said she was stuffing cash in envelopes.

Anonymous said...

Where there is cash, there is corruption. No matter if its, church, school, boy scouts, sports, etc. When money seems "untraceable," fingers get sticky. Too much temptation for many.

Anonymous said...

The money she took is one thing but imagine how much all those hotdogs were worth…

Anonymous said...

2:15 and 3:14 - ditto. Someone left the OG Band in the red. Lots of unpaid bills. Nobody seem to question why.

Anonymous said...

She looks like she spent all the stolen money
on junk food.

Anonymous said...

Untraceable cash? How do they arrive at $45,000? Impossible.

Anonymous said...

6:16 They should’ve done it at church.

Anonymous said...

2:15, 3:14 and 10:49.
A lot of high dollar band dues were paid in cash directly to the band director for years. This should have always gone through the front office. There was never a way to confirm the amounts taken in. When this was finally confronted simple math (how many students where in the band x the dues amount = amount that was collected) when this simple math was put to the test there was a LOT of deficit. A LOT. When confronted with this she simply retired. There should have been an investigation. My son was in the band at the time and we were told a lot of the students simply had not paid their dues. seemed fishy at the time.

Anonymous said...

5:31 Bet they had hidden cameras and other means installed. This has happened in many schools but most were not prosecuted as it was caught before that much money was lost. Her father Don Gladney was retired LEO with Hinds Co Sheriff’s Department I believe. Prayers for her family but she deserves fair treatment & if found guilty to be prosecuted under the law? Thank you to all who worked to stop this from continuing!

Anonymous said...

Couple years ago or so a lady stole tens of thousands of dollars from the JA cheerleading fund. Wonder what happened to her?

Anonymous said...

6:19. Dual signatures have limitations, especially in volunteer organizations. Often, one person signs several blank checks and the second person completes them as needed. An alternative is for the president of the club get the bank statements and review checks that cleared the bank. Money from the concession stand should be counted by at least two people the night of the game and immediately deposited in the bank's night drop box by two people. For dues, the booster board should know what to expect in revenue from dues and investigate when it's obviously too low. Fraud works because people trust the fraudster. Trust, but verify.
8:53. Booster organizations are not a school organization. The front office will not accept nor should they accept money for outside groups.

Anonymous said...

If you'd like an accurate depiction of how money was handled at football game concessions, let me be the one to clear the confusion.

At the beginning of the night, if you were on a till, you and her would count the money together and both signed for the accuracy.

In the middle of the evening, a pull was done on all the larger bills. Both you and her would count the money, put it in an envelope, seal it, write the amount on the envelope, and initial. They the count would also be added to the totals sheet, and initialed. That money would be dropped in a locked drop box and the key was held by the President of the executive board.

At the end of the night, there was a separate room that the money was handled. Both you and her would sit and count the money from your till. The envelope of dropped cash would be retrieved by the President, recounted, and added to your totals. Again, an initial or signature was added to the totals sheet.

Everyone with a till would do this until all were counted. The totals sheet and the money would all be placed together in a money bag and the bag never left the hands of an executive board member.

I can account for this system for at least 80% of the games for this last year while she was on board. I cannot account for years prior.

If you want to post, make sure you do so with accuracy and NOT to spread inaccurate information.



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