Westmoreland gets $49K in settlement with ex-clerk who stole town funds

WESTMORELAND — The former clerk convicted of embezzling town funds agreed last year to pay $48,500 to resolve a lawsuit the selectboard had brought against her, according to a previously confidential court document.

The settlement in Cheshire County Superior Court, unsealed Wednesday after legal efforts by The Sentinel to make it public, puts to rest Westmoreland officials’ claims that Cindi H. Adler stole vehicle-registration fees and property taxes over multiple years.

Adler, who resigned unexpectedly in 2018 after more than three decades as the town's elected clerk and tax collector, pleaded guilty last month to multiple felony charges connected to those allegations. In addition to prison time, prosecutors on that case are seeking more than $56,000 in restitution from her — on top of the money she paid the town to resolve its civil lawsuit.

Town Administrator Jo Ann LaBarre said Wednesday she doesn’t know how Adler and Westmoreland’s selectboard arrived at the $48,500 sum. No board members could be immediately reached Wednesday afternoon for comment.

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(Laconia Daily Sun)