Articles tagged:AAAHA

Posted: Tue Oct 5 12:03 p.m. by Art Aisner AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Imprisoned Ann Arbor youth hockey embezzler transferred to boot camp, could get early release

A Chelsea woman ordered to prison for stealing nearly $1 million from an Ann Arbor youth hockey league was recently transferred to a boot camp program. Kimberly Knight, 47, is now part of the Michigan Department of Corrections’ Special Alternative Incarceration program, which could lead to an early release, according ...

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Posted: Tue May 11 6:03 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Woman who embezzled from Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association is arrested again

A Chelsea woman who was spared jail time in August when she was given an opportunity to begin paying back nearly $1 million she stole from the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association has been arrested again. Kimberly Kay Knight, 46, was arraigned this afternoon at the Washtenaw County Jail on two ...

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Posted: Fri Nov 20 8:30 a.m. by Art Aisner AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
ESPN to feature Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association embezzlement case

The theft of nearly $1 million from an Ann Arbor youth hockey league by a former bookkeeper will be featured on an upcoming ESPN broadcast, officials said Thursday. A video crew and reporter from the global sports cable network interviewed several members of the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association and ...

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Posted: Sun Aug 30 6:07 a.m. by Tony Dearing AnnArbor.com

It’s galling, but not the least surprising, that someone can steal a large amount of money from a nonprofit organization serving children and walk away without spending a day in jail. It happens all the time. Sentencing guidelines in Michigan are weighted to punish violent crime and crimes against people ...

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Posted: Fri Aug 28 2:53 p.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com

Is the criminal calling the shots in her own sentencing? That's the question local sports writer John U. Bacon asks in his most recent blog entry on the Kimberly Knight case.

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Posted: Mon Aug 24 3:34 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Chelsea woman who stole from Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association given chance to pay restitution

The new treasurer of the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association isn’t pleased the woman convicted of embezzling nearly $1 million from the organization may not see time behind bars. “Honestly, I think in a crime of this type, it’s to society’s benefit that people go to jail,” said Lindsay Aspegren, ...

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Posted: Mon Aug 10 4:56 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

The sentencing for a Chelsea woman accused of embezzling nearly $1 million from the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association has been rescheduled for Aug. 24. Kimberly Kay Knight, 45, previously pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement charges and was scheduled to be sentenced today in Washtenaw County Circuit Court by Judge ...

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Posted: Sun Aug 9 7:51 p.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com

Mike Reid started playing pond hockey when he was five years old, lived and breathed the sport while he was growing up and, at 50, thinks his Wednesday night adult league games are still the coolest thing going. He’s not alone. For 58 years here, there have been countless numbers ...

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