An Electrical Wholesalers employee who turned herself into Bristol police in February and admitted to embezzling from the Middletown business has now turned herself into Middletown police and been arrested.
Gail Zolla, 41, of Bristol, was not arrested when she initially turned herself in as the investigation was turned over the Middletown police. She turned herself into Middletown police on Thursday when she learned there was a warrant out for her arrest.
Zolla originally told police she stole $800,000 from the company and turned herself into Bristol police her employer noticed the missing funds in their accounts and she believed her boss was onto her, police said.
During her seven years as an employee at Electrical Wholesalers, she wrote 470 checks out to a company that didn't exist and deposited the money in her personal bank account, police said.
Police searched her home and examined her bank accounts on warrants. While most of the money hasn't been recovered, police said she admitted to spending the bulk of it on landscaping, vacations, cars and expenses for her home, police said.
Police charged Zolla with first-degree larceny and 327 counts of second-degree forgery. She was issued a $250,000 bond and scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 13.
