CAMERON—Milam County’s former treasurer, who resigned last September after a sheriff’s department investigation into a situation involving a fund in her office, received a fi ve-year deferred adjudication probation sentence Tuesday in 20th District Court.
Donna Orsag, 57, had made an open guilty plea for tampering with evidence to the court on March 13, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey.
Orsag was also fined $10,000 and paid an additional $12,088.20—$9,703.20 “for restitution of the cash taken from Bea’s Kitchen” and $2,385 to Milam County for the expense of an audit.
She was also ordered to complete 600 hours community service and will follow standard conditions of probation.
The charge stems from allegations Orsag took money from Bea’s Kitchen deposits to the county and destroyed records that included daily deposit sheets and emails.
‘HARDSHIPS’—An arrest affidavit filed by Chief Deputy Chris White, indicated Orsag had confessed to taking money, citing “financial hardships.”
The affidavit states County Auditor Danica Lara contacted the sheriff’s department Sept. 13 to say she recognized the treasurer was “floating money,” essentially loaning herself money at no interest.
The county receives funds from various sources to provide lunches at Bea’s Kitchen, to provide reduced cost lunches for senior citizens.
Orsag was arrested nine days after she resigned as treasurer, made bail, and was subsequently indicted in the October, 2017, grand jury session.
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