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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jul 9, 2017, 08:47 AM Jul 2017

$140,115 stolen, Hot Springs church discovers

HOT SPRINGS -- The former secretary of Leonard Street Baptist Church was arrested Wednesday night on a felony warrant in the embezzlement of more than $140,000 from the church.

James Robert Martin, 68, of Hot Springs Village was taken into custody around 8 p.m. and charged with theft of property more than $2,500, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Martin, who lists an address of 6 Lesdesma Way, was later released on $5,000 bond and is to appear July 18 in Garland County District Court.

"We're just saddened by the situation," the Rev. Jimmy Holland, pastor of Leonard Street, said Thursday.

Read more: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jul/09/140-115-stolen-church-discovers-2017070/?f=crime

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