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Eddie Fletcher arraigned on embezzlement charge in Rappahannock court

by | Apr 4, 2025

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Flint Hill resident and local contractor Edward “Eddie” Fletcher’s case on embezzlement charges came up in Rappahannock County General District Court Tuesday, the second felony charge related to a Woodville construction and remodeling job. 

Fletcher’s case was continued to May 6 for a preliminary hearing on the embezzlement charge. 

Fletcher, 55, is accused of embezzling $32,000 from Robert McKee and his wife, according to a criminal complaint filed in General District Court. 

Fletcher is also facing a felony charge for construction fraud, failing to perform a promise of construction, according to court records, after he received $456,081.45 from the McKees for the demolition, construction and remodeling of their home in Woodville.

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By Ireland Hayes

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Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.