A state audit indicates the former director of a day care center in Tama used the center’s credit card to buy things like tanning lotion, alcohol, cigarettes, an ash tray and THREE copies of the sexually-explicit “50 Shades of Grey” movie.

Auditors reviewed six-and-a-half years’ worth of records for the “Kids’ Corner” day care in Tama. They identified nearly 280-thousand dollars worth of questionable financial transactions. Forty-six-year-old Kristine Daniel of Grinnell was arrested earlier this week. She’s accused of ongoing criminal conduct and money laundering.