Police have arrested the former office manager of a Timber Harvesting company. Forty-five-year-old Sherry Parent, of Enosburg, is accused of taking nearly $8,000 from the business.

Policymakers say it's unclear whether more Vermonters are actually embezzling money, but there are certainly more media reports of the white-collar crime affecting cities and towns.So they're working to provide a set of standards for small town governments to thwart it themselves.

We look at the push to reclassify marijuana as a drug with medicinal benefits and we hear about the shrinking State Auditor's office.

With advice from former embezzlers, Vermont's State Auditor wants to help cities and towns fight embezzlement of public money - something that he says has cost local governments millions of dollars.

Small communities can be particularly vulnerable to embezzlement.  We find out how the theft of public funds is prevented and detected.  Also, a Vermont organization that helps Iraqi victims of domestic violence.