WAYNESBORO, VA (Rocktown Now) — A trial date has been set for the former employee of a Waynesboro machine shop, who was arrested earlier this year on charges related to an alleged embezzlement scheme.

According to online records, Linda Lockhart was indicted on all eight of her embezzlement charges of over a thousand dollars during a grand jury hearing this week in Waynesboro Circuit Court.

A judge then set a trial date of February 8th.

Investigators found that between February 2025 and February 2026, Lockhart had utilized business funds for unauthorized purposes and had obtained a credit card in the business’s name without the owner’s knowledge. 

Her husband, Donald Lockhart, was also in indicted yesterday on a single charge of credit cart fraud. He has a plea hearing set for December 9th.

Both are currently free on bond.