A former Kootenai County Finance Director has been convicted by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury on 11 of 13 counts relating to public corruption .
On Monday, December 9, 2013, Angela Spaccia was convicted on charges including misappropriation of public funds, conflict of interest, and secretion [sic] of the official record. Spaccia committed the offenses while employed from July 2003 until October 2010 as the assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer of Bell, California.
During Spaccia’s trial it was learned that she had served from 1994 until June 1998 as the Associate Director of the YWCA in Coeur d’Alene. From June 15, 1998, until June 16, 2000, she served as the Finance Director for Kootenai County, Idaho, in the Auditor’s Office under then Kootenai County Clerk Dan English. At the time she was known by her married name, Angela Sheffield. In 2000 she divorced her husband, Thomas Allen Sheffield, and returned to southern California with her son. (more…)