A Stroudsburg woman has admitted to stealing more than $150,000 from a lawyer's business account to pay off her mortgages.

Police on Tuesday charged Lisa M. Drury, 44, with theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, receiving stolen property and forgery. She was arraigned before District Judge Kristina Anzini, Stroudsburg, and remains free on $50,000 unsecured bail.According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Police Chief Eric Kerchner, here's what happened:He received a complaint on Aug. 14 from Thomas Dirvonas, a Stroudsburg lawyer. Dirvonas had hired Drury in March 1989 as a secretary and receptionist. Among her duties was to maintain the law firm's trust account with East Stroudsburg Savings Association.Dirvonas fired Drury on July 25. The $169,173.49 in missing money was discovered when office staff examined the trust account. Drury withdrew the money between April 12, 2007, and July 29, 2014.Drury paid $120,232.77 to CitiMortgage; $37,791.60 to Green Tree Mortgage; $9,917.12 to Seterus; and $432 to SpeedPay, an online payment company. Also, a check for $800 was issued to Drury from the trust account.The evidence, including canceled checks issued by Drury from the account payable to her mortgage companies, account statements showing electronic transfers to the mortgage companies from the account, and SpeedPay transaction statements in Drury's name authorizing payments from the account to her mortgage company.Kerchner on Aug. 27 sent Drury a letter outlining the accusations, advising her to call him, but suggesting she first talk with a lawyer.Drury came to the detective center for an interview on Sept. 4. There, she admitted to withdrawing the money beginning on Dec. 12, 2007.She wrote 45 checks to CitiMortgage totaling $67,076.06; 35 electronic transfers to CitiMortgage totaling $53,156.71; two checks to Seterus totaling $2,971.38; six electronic transfers to Seterus totaling $6,945.74; eight checks to Green Tree totaling $30,061.50; and authorizing service fees of $432 from the account.Drury told police she printed the checks payable to the companies, then slipped them in among legitimate law firm payment checks.Dirvonas signed the checks, which he believed to be legitimate real estate closing payments.