A town court clerk in Ulster County stole $5,620 and was able to conceal the thefts due to the minimal oversight exerted over the court’s books by its two justices, an audit by the state comptroller’s office showed.

Rosendale Town Court clerk Trudy Harper, 39, was arrested in June and charged with third-degree grand larceny, a Class D felony. She is due back in Saugerties Town Court on Dec. 10.