September 23, 2009 in City

Charity rip-off case ends

Second former Meals on Wheels worker pleads guilty, to pay $5,000

Meghann M. Cuniff meghannc@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5534

A financial scandal that ravaged a nonprofit organization dedicated to feeding low-income people earned the last of two women responsible a felony theft conviction Tuesday.

Rachelle D. Solomon, 39, received no jail or probation after pleading guilty to first-degree theft but was ordered to pay $5,000 to Mid-City Concerns’ Meals on Wheels in a sentencing deal approved by Spokane County Superior Judge Michael Price.

“Ms. Solomon’s obviously very sorry about what she did,” her lawyer, Richard Agman, said in court. “Obviously, what she did was wrong.”

While working for the agency, Solomon and Cheri Mataya-Muncton, 43, spent thousands …

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