(Le Mars) — The former city clerk for Westfield has been placed under arrest and charged with first degree theft, a class C felony, for taking city funds.
The Plymouth County Attorney’s office filed charges against Angela Sorensen.
Those charges were filed after the completion of a thorough audit investigation involving the State of Iowa Auditor’s office. The state auditor’s office conducted an investigation of the Westfield city funds dating from January 1st of 2013 up through September 30th of 2017. The audit was conducted as a request of the city council. The state auditor’s office identified $39,970 of undeposited receipts, $28,060.30 of improper disbursements, and $6,163.46 of unsupported disbursements. The total
amounted to more than $74,000 dollars.
