Ex-NAACP Assistant Pleads Guilty to Stealing

A woman who once worked as an administrative assistant with the Atlanta NAACP office at 2001 Martin L King Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft by taking for stealing money from the civil rights organization, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Fulton County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday that Saundra Douglas was sentenced to 10 years' probation for the single felony count and ordered to pay the group $31,000 in restitution, according to the story.

Authorities said that between 2003 and 2008, Douglas changed company paperwork to order credit cards in her name. Those cards were used to buy personal items, such as make-up and clothes, and cover higher education costs. She paid the bills with NAACP funds, authorities said.

Judith Hanson, a former executive director of the NAACP's Atlanta chapter, also was charged in connection with the case, an earlier AJC story reported. She pleaded guilty in June to a misdemeanor charge of theft by taking.