Retired police sergeant pleads not guilty to embezzlement
Kollin Kosmicki | Hollister Freelance
Sept. 20, 2011
Ray Wood, the retired Hollister police sergeant accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the officers’ union, has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Wood appeared at the San Benito County Courthouse on Tuesday for his first hearing, an arraignment where he pleaded not guilty.
Judge Steven Sanders also set Wood’s next appearance, a preliminary setting scheduled for 4 p.m. Oct. 20 in room 101.
Wood, 53, is the retired Hollister police sergeant and 2010 candidate for sheriff charged with a felony on suspicion of embezzling about $102,000 – during a period of more than six years starting in March 2004 – from the department’s union of which he was president during that time.
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