Former Clarksville bank teller charged with embezzling more than $60K in Tennessee

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has levied more charges against a former Clarksville bank teller accused of stealing more than $60,000 from her employer.
Kristy Hodges, 30, of Cunningham, Tenn., was indicted in the March term of grand jury and charged with 43 additional counts of false bookkeeping and one count of theft over $60,000.

She was arrested on March 12 and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.

In October 2012, TBI arrested her on one count of theft over $60,000, two counts of false entries over $1,000 and seven counts of false booking entries over $10,000.

In September of 2012, the 19th Judicial District Attorney General requested TBI investigate allegations of embezzlement by Hodges, who was head teller at Capital Bank located at 25 Jefferson St. Hodges allegedly stole approximately $64,000 between 2008 and 2012, according to a previous report.

Hodges will be arraigned in circuit court in early April.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has obtained even more indictments against a former Clarksville bank teller who was initially arrested in October for multiple charges.

Last October, 30-year-old Kristy Hodges of Cunningham, Tennessee, was charged with one count of theft over $60,000, two counts of false entries over $1,000 and seven counts of false booking entries over $10,000.

On Tuesday, Hodges was indicted on an additional 43 counts of false bookkeeping and one count of theft over $60,000.

Steven Hodges, Kristy's brother, told Nashville's News 2 that she worked at the Capital bank branch on Jefferson Avenue until shortly after her father died in August 2012.

In September, the 19th Judicial District Attorney General requested the TBI launch an investigation into allegations of embezzlement by Hodges.

She is accused of stealing approximately $64,000 between 2008 and 2012.

Steven Hodges also said that the family doesn't believe Kristy took the money.

He said he doesn't expect his sister to be convicted.