Former Blue Mound Secretary Indicted For Allegedly Stealing City Funds

By Jason Allen, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

January 13, 2023

A grand jury has indicted the former city secretary in Blue Mound on theft charges after the city's mayor says the secretary gave herself a large raise.

Cynthia Daniels was booked into jail last month, and faces three counts of theft. The indictment does not indicate how much Daniels allegedly took, but the charges on two counts put it between $2,500 and $30,000.

The investigation into Daniels started last year according to city Mayor Darlene Copeland, who said while fulfilling an open records request for employee salaries, staff discovered Daniels was being paid at a rate of $70,000 a year. Her approved salary, Copeland said, was $45,000.

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