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Alicia Campbell, 37, was given five additional charges on Tuesday, Oct. 29, Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael Nolan Jr. said in a news release. She was originally charged with theft, financial facilitation, and forgery.
Campbell was the former lifestyle director at Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course in Waretown. She was responsible for booking entertainment, planning events, and purchasing items for the senior living community.
Investigators said Campbell pocketed more than $81,000 in money and personal item purchases from Greenbriar Oceanaire's funds between January 2019 and January 2022. She was also accused of stealing more than $94,000 by transferring money to third parties through Venmo and having the cash sent into her personal bank account.
Campbell surrendered at Ocean Township police headquarters on Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2023. A grand jury indicted her on Wednesday, Jan. 3 and she was arraigned on Monday, Feb. 5.
In April, Campbell claimed her child was undergoing treatment for leukemia in Philadelphia. She later said in the summer that the treatments weren't successful and her child needed to go to Texas Children’s Hospital for "imminent and urgent care."
Campbell submitted what appeared to be documentation from her child's doctors. The court granted Campbell an adjournment to pursue her child's medical care.
In August, Campbell asked for another adjournment after claiming her child was still receiving care in Texas. She submitted a letter that claimed to be from the leukemia program at the Texas Children’s Hospital about her child’s condition and treatments.
The county prosecutor's office soon discovered the address on the letter was incorrect and there was no contact information for the doctor mentioned in it. Detectives said the letter was forged, the hospital in Houston never met Campbell, and it never provided care for her child.
Campbell was additionally charged with tampering with public records or information, impersonation, forgery, obstruction of justice, and making an unsworn false statement to authorities. She was arrested at her home on October 29.
Campbell was held in the Ocean County Jail to await a detention hearing.
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