MARLIN, Texas — The city of Marlin was ordered Friday to turn over the results gathered so far of an audit of the city's finances to the Falls County district attorney.
An attorney for the city along with an attorney for City Manager Cedric Davis argued against turning it over, saying the findings could be found online.
District Attorney Jody Gilliam said she needed to see it now in order to determine if criminal charges would be needed.
"It's for the citizens of Marlin. It has been put on TV and the citizens need to know. we have a lot of bumpy roads in Marlin and we need the money to fix our roads if it is missing," said Gilliam.
The judge gave the city until 4:30 p.m. to turn over the findings but they had already done it by noon.
The city and the FBI have been investigating the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of dollars in city funds since last year.
Davis said in November a forensic auditor found accounts being opened and closed and voided checks dating back to 2017 in the name of a city manager who had been fired in 2018.
"As we stated before in the very beginning no one has been charged," said Marlin City Attorney DeAndrea Petty. "No one is a suspect. We are trying to see what happened. We told the citizens of Marlin when we came they were the priority. So this audit was to see of there is something, or if there is nothing.
Gilliam said she could have possibly had Davis arrested because he had been subpoenaed to come to court Thursday.
Davis told 6 News the reason he did not show up was because he was getting cancer treatments. On top of that Petty said the subpoena was not ignored, she told Davis not to go to court because a motion to quash gave him the ability to not appear.
Davis said they weren't sure exactly how much money was embezzled, but it could range from $100,000 to more than $1 million.
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