As usual crime does not pay. One Florida woman is now learning that and will get to feel her employer from the other side of the fence (literally). A former bookkeeper for a juvenile jail in Florida has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. And boy did she steal a lot of money!

So far authorities believe that Brenda Bickford pilfered more than $2 million over a decade from the taxpayer-funded agency's checking account. This according to nola.com. A real good person, the 61-year-old already is awaiting trial on felony theft and forgery charges. Does it surprise you that a winner like this would plead not guilty?

How did she manage to steal so much? She created a bogus company called B&B Court Reporting Services, then wrote herself hundreds of checks from the commission's checking account for a total of $1.9 million.

The scheme went undiscovered for years until a commission attorney noticed they'd spent $317,289 in legal fees for one year, examined the books and found that $265,000 had gone to B&B Court Reporting, of which no record existed with the secretary of state.

How did she spend the money? She remodeled her home, bought a Harley-Davidson, paid for baby sitters for her grandson and for nursing home services.

In a sign that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, she wrote 134 checks, worth $319,492, to Tanglez, an "upscale salon and boutique," in Hammond owned by her 40-year-old son, Daniel Bickford, who has three drug-related charges pending against him.

This is one of many detestable stories about people stealing. This family needs more than just Florida theft classes, they need counseling and monitoring.