Former president of Alberta Main Street accused of embezzlement, theft

Devon T. Horace, past president of the Northeast Portland nonprofit Alberta Main Street, is accused of stealing at least $100,000 from the group’s operating account while he led the agency, according to a probable cause affidavit. Alberta Main Street was set up to support the neighborhood’s business district. Horace, 31, appeared Wednesday morning in Multnomah County Circuit Court with his lawyer Raymond S. Tindell and entered not guilty pleas to a 16-count indictment. The indictment charges him with four counts of first-degree aggravated theft, four counts of first-degree theft, one...