BINGHAM — A former co-coordinator of a regional ambulance service who asked for additional town money for the organization in January has been charged with stealing money from the service and fired by its board of directors.

Laurie Laweryson, 50, of North Anson, faces a felony theft charge alleging she used the Upper Kennebec Valley Ambulance Service’s gas card between July and January to buy about $2,000 worth of fuel for her personal use, according to Maine State Police Trooper Chris Crawford.

The seven-person ambulance service board voted in public session to fire Laweryson after deliberating in a closed-door meeting on Feb. 13, according to Donna Dickstein, the president of the board.

Laweryson was summoned the next day on a charge of class C theft, Crawford said.

The criminal investigation, paired with a continuing financial crisis at the ambulance service, has caused the board of directors to re-evaluate the organizational structure and financial management of the service. It provides emergency care to Bingham, Moscow, Caratunk, West Forks, The Forks and Pleasant Ridge plantations and the surrounding unorganized territories.

Morning Sentinel Staff Writer Erin Rhoda can be contacted at 612-2368 or at: erhoda@centralmaine.com