ASTATULA, Fla. – A former town clerk is facing a felony charge for grand theft after she’s accused of buying cemetery plots from the city-owned cemetery at a fraction of the price.
Court records show Jennifer Tucker turned herself in at the jail in Flagler County after a warrant from Lake County was issued for her arrest in February.
An arrest affidavit for Tucker obtained by News 6 says that on her last day as town clerk in Astatula, she allegedly purchased 30 cemetery plots. The town’s mayor called investigators after he said the town tried to resolve the matter, but Tucker stopped responding, according to the affidavit.
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Tucker is accused of purchasing the plots at a lower cost than the “residential rate” of $100 and the “out-of-town rate” of $1,000. The arrest affidavit says the certificates documenting the purchase showed a donation amount of $300 total and that Tucker “should have paid $3,000 for all 30 cemetery plots, which is a loss of $2,700 to the town.”
According to the affidavit, Tucker worked as the town clerk for about 8 months from December 2024 through August 2025. The mayor told law enforcement Tucker’s last day of employment was Aug. 14, 2025 — the same date the cemetery certificates were issued.
The affidavit also states that before she was promoted to town clerk, Tucker was the president of the cemetery committee.
On Thursday, our News 6 team visited Astatula’s town hall, where Mayor Zane Teeters told our crew he could not comment on an ongoing investigation.
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Our News 6 team also reached out to Tucker via phone to ask her about the allegations. She told our reporter that she would need to have a conversation with her attorney.
Court records show an arraignment hearing for Tucker is scheduled for March 16.