Former Cherokee Elections Director Charged With Theft

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By Kristal Dixon

Former Cherokee County Elections Director Janet Munda is out on bond after she was arrested and charged with felony theft by taking for allegedly using her county-issued credit card for personal purchases.

Munda, 55, of Cumming was booked into the Cherokee Adult Detention Center Saturday evening and later released after posting a $9,000 bond, the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

Munda was charged with the crime following a six-month investigation launched by detectives with the sheriff’s office.

The investigation against the former elections director started in June 2014 when County Manager Jerry Cooper met with investigator Nathan Luca with the sheriff’s office’s Financial Crimes Unit to discuss Munda’s alleged improper use of county resources with unauthorized purchases made on the county-issued credit card.

Cooper provided the investigator with a packet of information, which included roughly one year’s worth of account statements for the card “in the care and control of Janet Munda,” a June 2014 incident report from the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office said.

The following month, the Cherokee County Board of Elections fired Munda from the position she held for 10 years, and turned over all files to law enforcement related to the investigation.

Kim Stancil was tapped to serve as interim elections supervisor until a permanent replacement is hired.

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