Ongoing investigation
A quick note on the Mike Reynolds case:
On the phone today, Deputy District Attorney John Goritz said the reason the case is still investigation is to determine if anyone in the Treasurer's Office has stolen any money. So far, Mike Reynolds has been charged with misappropriation of public funds and two other offenses but has not been accused of stealing anything.
When I last spoke with Reynolds' attorney, Patrick Milligan, (this was Monday) I was told that Reynolds has hired an auditor to investigate whether money was placed in the wrong account or has actually gone missing.
The case revolves around a check that Reynolds wrote in December for about $38,000. The check transferred money from an account under Reynolds' control to the city's general account.
District Attorney's investigators have contended that the transfer was an illegal attempt to cover-up a shortage in the Treasurer's petty cash fund.
Milligan's side of the story is that Reynolds moved the funds around so the city wouldn't be short any dollars pending an internal investigation to learn if money had been misplaced or lost.
We'll see where it goes from here.