Former Milton Little League official faces felony theft charges
A former vice president of the Milton Little League is facing felony theft and misdemeanor charges of falsifying business records after police allege she used $3,200 in funds for personal use.
Milton police arrested Felicia Sellers, 35, on two charges May 25. Milton Chief Derrick Harvey said she was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 2 and released on $3,000 unsecured bond. She is due to appear for a Thursday, June 27 preliminary hearing in Delaware Court of Common Pleas.
According to the police affidavit of probable cause, Milton police were tipped off that Sellers had been taking money from the Little League concession stand’s Square adapter, a point-of-sale app that allows small businesses to take credit card payments through a laptop, tablet or smartphone.
Officials with the Little League became alarmed when they had found a $3,200 discrepancy in its sales total for 2023. The tipster, whose name was redacted in court documents, told police that Sellers had access to a laptop and the Square adapter; those items had been returned to the Little League, but the tipster said the Square account itself was no longer active. It was then that the tipster contacted Milton police.
According to the affidavit, Sellers was interviewed by police in January. In that interview, she acknowledged that she had been the Little League vice president and she was in charge of the concession stand and keeping track of the money at the end of an evening. She denied taking any money. However, the interviewing officer noted that Sellers appeared nervous and frustrated during the interview, but maintained that she didn’t do anything wrong.
During the January interview, police presented Sellers with receipts from Amazon, BJ’s Wholesale and Walmart that were paid for using money from the Little League’s credit card.
Following that interview, witnesses came forward detailing that Sellers and her family came into financial hardships, and that when confronted by Little League officials about issues with concession stand money getting to the bank, Sellers willingly left the organization.
Eventually, Milton police were able to recover information from the Square app that Sellers had deleted, and found a $3,200 discrepancy in money reported from the concession stand over the 2023 season.
According to affidavit, on Feb. 12, Milton police made contact with the Delaware Department of Justice regarding the case. It was advised that since Sellers did not admit to a crime, a contract should be drawn up ordering Sellers to pay back the money. Attempts to get the contract to Sellers went unanswered until May, when Milton police were called to the Little League field in response to a trespassing complaint involving Sellers. While there, Sellers was handed the contract but did not sign it, according to police reports.
At that point, the Delaware Attorney General’s Office proceeded to move forward with charges against Sellers.
Representatives from the Little League said they do not have any comment on the case at this time.
Sellers did not respond to a request for comment.
