Reshae Marie Cuevas was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzlement and grand theft tied to about $96,000 in unauthorized transactions from the Imperial Beach Little League. She was 39 and had been the league treasurer when the transactions came to light.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office said the alleged financial crimes came to light in February. Cuevas is scheduled to be arraigned next week.
Imperial Beach Little League transactions
The league president reported the transactions the previous month, saying Cuevas appeared to have made unauthorized charges totaling about $96,000. The amount is close to the nearly $100,000 figure tied to the arrest, and the case centers on money moved through a work debit card.
That detail leaves the focus on mechanism, not just amount. A work debit card can let a person move money directly from an organization’s account, which means the dispute here is over whether the spending or transfers were authorized while she handled the books for the league.
San Diego County Sheriff's Office arrest
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest on Wednesday and said Cuevas faces eight counts each of embezzlement and grand theft. Those charges track the same alleged conduct across multiple transactions rather than a single disputed payment.
For the Imperial Beach Little League, the immediate practical consequence is that the alleged misuse of funds is now in the criminal process. The next step is Cuevas’s arraignment next week, where the case can move from arrest to formal court proceedings and the scope of the allegations can be tested in open court.
Reshae Marie Cuevas arraignment
Cuevas was the treasurer when the alleged thefts occurred, a role that gave her access to league funds and the debit card investigators say was used. The central unresolved issue is what the card bought or transferred, because that will show how the alleged unauthorized transactions were carried out.
