A judge on Tuesday accepted a plea agreement from a 61-year-old Long Grove woman accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from the Freight House Farmers Market, Davenport, according to court records.
Court records show Lorraine Beaman, the former executive director of the Freight House Farmers Market, previously faced a felony charge of first-degree theft. She withdrew her earlier plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree theft, a Class D felony charge.
Over a period of two years – from about May 2, 2021 to Nov. 1, 2022 – Beaman embezzled about $10,455 of the Freight House Farmers Market funds, police allege in arrest affidavits.
Police allege she “used the funds to remodel her personal business (Chill Ice Cream & Eats), purchase items for her personal business, purchase personal items, purchase a trailer from her son for an inflated price, purchase (an) Apple TV, purchase resume builders, (and) pay for attorney fees for her nonprofit.”
A Class D felony is punishable by a sentence of no more than five years and a fine,.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 10 in Scott County Court.
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