On October 30, 2026, Kelley Ann Haley, 46, of Pasadena, pleaded guilty to filing a false Maryland income tax return, according to Attorney General Anthony G. Brown. Haley failed to report over $238,000 of stolen funds from the Pasadena Buccaneers Athletic Club, evading more than $4,600 in state income tax.
In addition to the tax fraud case, Haley also pleaded guilty to felony theft scheme over $100,000 related to the same funds. She will be sentenced in both cases on December 17, 2026.
Press Release: Office of the Attorney General of Maryland
Published November 5, 2026. Reproduced in full from the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland.
Anne Arundel County Woman Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return
In Related Case, Defendant Also Pleaded Guilty to Stealing Over $238,000 from Local Athletic Organization
BALTIMORE, MD: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that Kelley Ann Haley, 46, of Pasadena, pleaded guilty to filing a false Maryland income tax return. On her tax return, Haley failed to report more than $238,000 of stolen funds from a local athletic organization, evading more than $4,600 in state income tax.
The tax fraud case was investigated by the Maryland Office of the Comptroller and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Fraud and Corruption Unit. The theft case was led by the Anne Arundel County Police Department and prosecuted by the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Haley is the former treasurer of the Pasadena Buccaneers Athletic Club, an athletic organization in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. From 2019 to 2024, while serving as the Treasurer of that organization, she stole a total of $238,452. By willfully failing to include that stolen money on her tax return, she filed a false income tax return, evading a tax due of $4,625.69.
On October 30, 2026, Haley pleaded guilty before the Honorable Stacy W. McCormack in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to willfully filing a false income tax return in the tax fraud case, as well as felony theft scheme over $100,000 in the theft case. Haley will be sentenced in both cases on December 17, 2026. The unpaid taxes have been assessed against her by The Maryland Office of the Comptroller and are due and owed to the state.
In making today’s announcement, Attorney General Brown thanked his Criminal Division, specifically Division Chief Katie Dorian, Fraud and Corruption Unit Chief Alexander Huggins, and Assistant Attorney General Warren Davis, who is prosecuting the tax fraud case. Attorney General Brown also thanked the Comptroller’s Office and the Anne Arundel County Police Department for their investigative work in this case. Finally, Attorney General Brown thanked State’s Attorney for Anne Arundel County Anne Colt Leitess for her assistance with this investigation, as well as Assistant State’s Attorney Luke Clippinger, who is prosecuting the theft case.
