CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — The former director of a women’s shelter in southeast Missouri faces sentencing Sept. 21 after pleading guilty to felony stealing.

The Southeast Missourian reports that 44-year-old Allison Leonard was accused of misappropriating more than $20,000 from the Safe House for Women in Cape Girardeau. She pleaded guilty Monday. Prosecutors agreed to drop a second charge of fraudulent use of a credit device.

Leonard worked for Safe House for a decade before being named executive director in November 2013. She was fired a year and eventually charged for using Safe House’s credit card to buy items for personal use.