Atlantic Beach Police detectives arrested Daniel Crews yesterday on a second-degree felony grand theft charge after an investigation into tens of thousands of dollars missing from a local athletic group.
Crews served as the treasurer for the Atlantic Beach Athletic Association (ABAA) from 2023 through 2025.
According to police, the alleged financial discrepancies were first discovered in November of last year. Investigators found that more than $60,000 had been embezzled from the association’s funds during Crews’ tenure.
Detectives allege that Crews wrote over 120 checks to himself directly out of the association’s bank account. Crews signed the checks while acting in his official capacity as treasurer, with the majority of those funds deposited into his personal account, police said.
Crews was booked on a second-degree felony.
As in all criminal proceedings, Crews is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Booking photographs do not constitute an admission of guilt or a criminal conviction.
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