On Monday, a warrant was issued for the arrest of a Chehalis woman facing five felony criminal charges for allegedly embezzling funds by writing checks to herself in her employer’s name and making unauthorized purchases using a company card.
Angel Rose Wolph, 37, was sent a summons to make an initial appearance in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 20, but she did not appear as required by law.
A $50,000 bench warrant was subsequently issued for her arrest by Judge Joely Yeager.
She was booked into the Lewis County Jail by Thursday, when she made her initial appearance in Lewis County Superior Court.
Wolph has no previous criminal history.
Defense attorney Rachael Tiller noted during Thursday’s hearing that Wolph had family members supporting her in the courtroom and that she would not have an issue returning to court for future hearings.
Yeager set bail at $10,000 unsecured, meaning Wolph did not need to post bail in order to be released from the Lewis County Jail, as long as she abides by the conditions of release and appears for future hearings.
Wolph is charged with four counts of forgery and second-degree theft, all Class C felonies punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed by the Lewis County Prosecutor's Office, Wolph is a former employee of Centralia Auction. On Nov. 13, 2025, a representative of the business provided a Centralia Police Department officer with bank records showing that Wolph had been embezzling funds by writing unauthorized checks from the company account.
The owner of the company, Walter Green, had caught Wolph stealing funds and fired her on Oct. 2, 2025. Green told the officer Wolph didn’t deny taking the money but instead accused Green of stealing money from charities. Between Nov. 5, 2024, and Sept. 20, 2025, Wolph allegedly wrote four checks to herself while forging Green’s name. The total amount of the checks was $2,530.
The business provided records showing $4,675 in unauthorized purchases using the company account from April through August 2025.
When interviewed by a detective in April 2026, Wolph said Green and her father had a business and that she had known him since she was 10 years old. She said she did payroll on Fridays, and that she had a base pay of $900 plus bonuses.
“She said she felt she had been shorted,” according to the affidavit of probable cause. “She said that at different times she had been paid by cashier's check, sometimes by cash, and sometimes by check. She said she and Green both wrote the checks. She said Walter told her to write the checks, and sometimes to write his name.”
On May 7, 2026, the detective met with Green to “go over inconsistencies with Wolph’s statement.”
“Green said he did not keep a record of what he paid Wolph, and that he trusted her,” the affidavit states. “Green said when he noticed he was coming up short in his cash flow, he started looking into the bank records and saw Wolph was writing checks to herself and signing his name. Green was adamant that he did not authorize Wolph to ever write her own checks.”
Wolph is set to reappear in Lewis County Superior Court for an arraignment and trial setting hearing Oct. 29.
