Robert Lee mayor Allyson Crenshaw booked on theft charges, Coke County sheriff confirms

[TexasTowelie]

Coke County sheriff Wayne McCutchen has confirmed that Robert Lee mayor Allyson Crenshaw was arrested Monday morning, March 25, 2019, on suspicion of theft.

McCutchen said Crenshaw was booked, processed and released at the sheriff's office within hours that same day.

On Feb. 4, 2019, Crenshaw was alleged to have committed theft greater than $750 but less than $2,500 from the City of Robert Lee, a state jail felony, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the San Angelo Standard-Times requested under the Freedom of Information Act.

Crenshaw was "a public servant, namely Mayor of the City of Robert Lee, and such property appropriated by (Crenshaw) had theretofore come into her custody, possession, or control by virtue of her status as such a public servant,' records state.

Read more: https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/crime/2019/03/25/city-robert-lee-texas-mayor-arrested-suspicion-theft/3269756002/

[rampartc]

1. those city credit cards are a convenience for city business, not a job benefit

is arresting her the best way to get her to pay for the personal items?

here is my mayor in a similar story ......

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/politics/elections/article_5710880a-b9d6-11e7-8a7b-f7e8ec2325ba.html

"New Orleans City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell has used her taxpayer-funded city credit card to pay for at least $8,950 in personal or political expenses since she took office in late 2012, later reimbursing the city in several payments, sometimes months and even years later, records show."