Ex-Bastrop County sheriff employee charged with stealing $58,000 from nonprofit

BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — A former Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office worker has been charged with felony theft, accused of stealing roughly $58,000 over several years from a nonprofit association that helps sheriff’s office employees, according to a Texas Ranger complaint unsealed Friday.
Cheryl Lynn Klaus, 54, who worked as a records analyst at the sheriff’s office, was also treasurer of the Bastrop Association of Sheriff’s Employees during the time of the alleged thef