A 49-year-old woman is being held pending arraignment on charges of embezzling money from her employer, the Wyatt Park Christian Church.

Police say Pamela Ann West was the business manager at the church.

She was arrested at her home and charged with one class-c felony count of stealing.  Bond was set at $15 thousand. Arraignment is scheduled August 31.

According to court documents, officials believe West used a church account to pay her rent ten times and issued other checks to herself without permission from the church. The probable cause affidavit indicates she stole more than $26 thousand but owes the church more than $30 thousand.

Church officials say she also used a credit card account opened in her name without permission from the church, and used it for purchases at a number of local businesses.