(May 14, 2008)—The Bell County Grand Jury Wednesday indicted Paula Cecil of Fort Hood in connection with the theft of more than $80,000 from St Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Killeen.
Killeen police have been investigating the theft since Jan. 9, when church officials reported a discrepancy in financial records.
Police were called after Extraco Bank advised the church that a number of checks had been paid to the same church employee over a period of about five months.
“Through the investigation and audits it was discovered that the church’s administrative assistant had misapplied funds for her own personal use; this had been occurring since August of 2007,” police said in a press release Wednesday.
Cecil is charged with misapplication of fiduciary funds over $20,000 but less than $100,000.
Bell County deputies arrested Cecil at her residence without incident, police said.
She was in the Bell County Jail Wednesday night in lieu of $100,000 bond.
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