Embezzling Bookkeeper Sentenced To Decade In Jail

Court Mandated Restitution Was Also Part Of A Plea Deal

Tammy Jo Saucier is currently being housed at the Florida Women’s Reception Center, a women’s prison operated by the Florida Department of Corrections.

Tammy Jo Saucier, former Doctor’s Inlet Elementary bookkeeper turned scofflaw, has agreed to plea bargain for her crimes. Saucier was accused of stealing nearly $100k from the school. When her theft was discovered, Saucier ran from the law and shot at the Sheriff’s deputies who were attempting to arrest her.

Saucier has been in jail since her arrest early in 2024 and has tried several legal maneuvers to elicit leniency from the court. To shift the blame for her crimes to an addiction to pain killers, Saucier penned several letters to the judge presiding over her case. In the letters, she lamented what she perceived as unfair plea offers from the prosecution and asked to be released on probation as her addiction to painkillers caused her to act out of character.

Embezzling Bookkeeper Begs Judge For Leniency

Ultimately, Saucier’s calls for leniency were to no avail, and she accepted a plea bargain with a 10-year sentence for the attempted murder of the Sheriff’s Deputies. Curiously, the two separate counts of theft garnered measly sentences of just over 100 days of imprisonment and an order to pay restitution to the school district. Judge James Kallaher also included a letter requesting Saucier be assigned to a corrections facility that will give her access to educational and vocational programs.

Saucier sentences will run concurrently; if she serves the entire term, her release date will be 1/19/2034. She is currently being housed at the women’s detention center in Ocala.

To date, the Clay County School District has yet to acknowledge Saucier’s crimes to the Doctor’s Inlet parents and staff. The parents and staff have hosted fundraisers and other activities to re-pay vendors and refill the school’s drained accounts, but it appears, per the court order, the restitution will be paid to the School District.

The court rulings provided a financial windfall to the school district at the expense of parents and staff at Doctor’s Inlet. The plea bargain also means the people impacted by Saucier’s crimes didn’t have an opportunity to speak at her sentencing.

While Saucier has received justice for her crimes, the courts and school district have successfully prevented the real victims from having an opportunity to have their voices heard.