Former Northern California school board president AngelAnn Flores appears in court [Video]

(FOX40.COM) — A former elected school leader appeared in a Stockton court for the first time on Monday two weeks after her arrest.

AngelAnn Flores is accused of stealing thousands of dollars as the school board president of the Stockton Unified School District. 

Tori Verber Salazar said she’s vowing to fight for Flores after the former school board president was arrested on April 19 for embezzlement, theft of public funds, grand theft of public funds. She is also charged with insurance fraud with a claim for a personal vehicle.

She was arrested after a year-long investigation from the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.

“We’re going to fight,”  Flores’ defense attorney Tori Verber Salazar said. “We’re going to fight and we’re going to shine a light on this.” 

“My client had a credit card over a two-year period of time with $3,200 worth of charges. That’s about $130 a month,” Salazar continued. 

Flores is accused of using a using a …