(Greenfield, IA) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports a woman from Union County was arrested Monday, Jan. 12th, on an Adair County Felony Bench Warrant for Theft in the 1st Degree. 36-year-old Alisha Louise Geidel, of Creston, was arrested at around 11:20-a.m.

According to the arrest Affidavit, Geidel was employed by the Orient-Macksburg Community School District from May, 2021 through May, 2024.  Her employment contracts listed Geidel as Human Resources Director, Payroll Clerk, and/or Accounting Clerk. As part of her employment, Geidel was to receive a “single” health insurance plan at no cost to her. If she or almost any other employee elected to enroll in a “family” insurance plan, the additional cost above the “Single” plan was to have been paid for by the employee from their monthly paycheck.

Alisha Louise Geidel, (Photo courtesy the Adair County Sheriff’s Office)

During her employment as the school’s Payroll or Accounting Clerk, and based on software log-in information which was unique to Geidel, it is alleged that she manipulated the school’s payroll system in such a way as to make the employee cost or portion of the “Family” insurance plan WAS NOT being deducted from her paycheck. As a result, the Orient-Macksburg Community School District sustained a financial loss of at least $739.10/month for at least 32 months, with the total losses exceeding $10,000.