Reshae Marie Cuevas was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzlement and grand theft after investigators tied nearly $100,000 in alleged losses to the Imperial Beach Little League. The 39-year-old is accused of taking unauthorized payments while serving as the league’s treasurer.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office said Cuevas was taken into custody on suspicion of eight counts each of embezzlement and grand theft. The case centers on about $96,000 in transactions that the league president reported in February as appearing to have been unauthorized the month before, using a work debit card.
That detail gives the allegation its shape. This was not a missing check or a one-time discrepancy. It was, investigators say, a series of transactions that moved through a debit card tied to the job, which is the kind of paper trail that can make a financial crime easier to spot and harder to explain away.
Cuevas was the league’s treasurer when the alleged crimes occurred, placing her in a position of trust over the money she is accused of diverting. The suspected loss is large for a youth sports league, and the charges suggest authorities believe the transactions were not an accounting mistake but a deliberate misuse of access.
That is the part that remains unresolved in public. The reported losses have a number and a method, but not a full destination. What happened to the money after the unauthorized transactions is not explained, and that missing piece is likely to matter as the case moves forward.
Cuevas is scheduled to be arraigned next week. For the Imperial Beach Little League, the next stage will not be about explaining the allegation but testing it in court, where the transactions, the debit card and the eight counts each of embezzlement and grand theft will have to hold up under scrutiny.
