{"id":1314432,"date":"2019-09-09T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=987364"},"modified":"2019-09-09T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:54:21","slug":"red-brick-embezzler-out-of-jail-agrees-to-pay-back-125k-she-stole-from-city-of-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/red-brick-embezzler-out-of-jail-agrees-to-pay-back-125k-she-stole-from-city-of-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Brick embezzler out of jail, agrees to pay back $125k she stole from city of Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Convicted embezzler Angie Callen, who admitted in July that she stole from Aspen taxpayers as the executive director of the Red Brick Council for the Arts, has committed to paying back the $125,000 she stole.<\/p>\n

Beginning on Nov. 15, Callen will pay $1,000 a month toward the restitution she owes, said David Rousseau, financial collections officer in the 9th Judicial District.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe seems willing to do something,\u201d he said last week, noting that Callen contacted him after being released from custody last month.<\/p>\n

With court fines and fees, the total amount Callen owed is just over $128,400.<\/p>\n

Callen paid $50,000 in May, when she pleaded guilty to felony theft.<\/p>\n

Callen must begin her 140 hours of public service next week, according to the conditions of her sentence, which stipulate that she start that work within one month after being released from custody.<\/p>\n

Callen was ordered straight to the Pitkin County Jail on July 1 when District Court Judge Chris Seldin sentenced her to 90 days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She served 47 days and was released Aug. 16 for good behavior, time served and attending classes and counseling.<\/p>\n

Pitkin County Jail Commander Jill Vallario said state statute<\/a> allows for inmates to serve only 60% of their sentence if jail officials determine it\u2019s warranted.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople might not want to hear this but she was a model inmate and caused no issues,\u201d Vallario said. \u201cUnless they are a problem child, they get that earned time and she earned that time based on state statute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackie Kasabach, the former president of the Red Brick Council board of directors when the allegations against Callen emerged, said Friday that she\u2019s glad to see that restitution will get paid, but she believes it was too light of a sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in time off for good behavior but she had a relative cush sentence,\u201d she said. \u201cShe should have spent 90 days in jail with work release.\u201d<\/p>\n

Callen\u2019s actions led the city, which owns the Red Brick building, to terminate its contract with the Red Brick Council, a nonprofit that managed the operation.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Parks and Recreation Department now runs the Red Brick Center for the Arts under Sarah Roy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat (Callen) did was destroy a 25-year tradition,\u201d Kasabach said of the relationship between the council and the city.<\/p>\n

Callen declined to comment on the record Friday.<\/p>\n

As part of her plea agreement, prosecutors dropped the felony charges of committing cyber crimes, embezzlement of public property and identity theft.<\/p>\n

Callen is on five years of supervised probation, under which she cannot harass, intimidate or retaliate against the victim or witnesses.<\/p>\n

csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Convicted embezzler Angie Callen, who admitted in July that she stole from Aspen taxpayers as the executive director of the Red Brick Council for the Arts, has committed to paying back the $125,000 she stole. Beginning on Nov. 15, Callen will pay $1,000 a month toward the restitution she owes, said David Rousseau, financial collections […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 05:30:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}