A former Hazelwood dispatcher pocketed more than $9,500 from donations meant for a paralyzed police officer, authorities say.
April Briscuso, 40, of Fenton organized multiple fundraisers for Hazelwood police Officer Craig Tudor between June and September. Some of the money went to the permanently injured officer, but Briscuso also siphoned off a portion that she spent gambling at Metro area casinos, according to charging documents.
She admitted taking cash donations and asking people to write checks so they were payable in her name, even though Tudor and his wife asked her not to do that, police say.
Tudor was paralyzed in an on-duty crash on August 2016.…