A Roanoke Rapids Graded School District employee was charged Tuesday with allegedly embezzling just over $23,000 in RRGSD PTA funds, according to court documents.

Kendra Justice Floyd, 41, was charged by the Roanoke Rapids Police Department with six counts of embezzlement.

Warrants filed by M.J. Hunsucker of the RRPD show the offense date was July 1 of last year. Floyd was released on a $20,000 unsecured bond.

The RRGSD said this afternoon that Floyd resigned effective February 16. She had been employed as a school counselor since August 2021. 

Roanoke Rapids police Chief Lawrence Wiggins said in a statement this evening that on January 29, the department received a report of potential embezzlement by an employee of the district. He said investigation revealed that on multiple occasions Floyd allegedly converted funds from the Belmont Elementary School’s PTA bank account to personal use while serving in the capacity of an administrator of the account. 

Court records show the warrants were returned as served around 9:30 Tuesday morning, and bond was posted around 9:45 a.m.

The warrants also confirm that at the time of the alleged embezzlement, Floyd — a resident of Roanoke Rapids — was an employee of the RRGSD. 

In that capacity, she had been entrusted to receive the money and allowed to take the funds into her care and possession, according to the warrant.

The warrant says the embezzlement was carried out by Floyd allegedly writing checks to herself for cash.

The amounts are as follows:

$9,300.68

$2,233.78

$2,300.00

$4,200.00

$3,800.00

$1,200.00

In total, the checks represent $23,034.46 in RRGSD PTA funds.

Court documents show she is scheduled for a March 4 district court date in Halifax County.