Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain gave a local church a check for $18,061 for the embezzled funds that he recovered.
"I had to call the District Attorney in Hill County and ask if he could swear me in down there as a Special Assistant District Attorney so that I could prosecute the forfeiture case and get the church their money back," Swain said."As far as I know, that was a first for anyone in our office. We have previously been sworn in to prosecute criminal cases in other counties when their prosecutors have had conflicts, but we haven't ever done it to get restitution for a victim.
Swain credited an investigation by his office and the Parker County Sheriff's Office in tracking all the funds that Walker stole."Between the grand jury subpoenas and search warrants that we issued, we obtained the bank records and business records we needed to prove both our criminal case and the asset forfeiture case."
"The church that was our victim, in this case, fell into a trap that is all too common for non-profits, which is the belief that no one would steal from such an organization," Swain said.
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