Mayor, city employees accused of misappropriating funds appears in court

WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. — The former mayor of the City of Martin, as well as two other employees, were back in court for allegedly misappropriating funds.

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Former City of Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, his daughter Natalie Brundige, as well as Brad Thompson all appeared in the Weakley County circuit court once again Monday morning.

They were arrested and booked into the jail back in November of last year. They are facing charges of theft of property and official misconduct.

• Former Mayor Brundige is accused of misappropriating around $11,000 of city funds.
• His daughter Natalie, who worked for the city, is a accused of receiving around $174,000 over 6 years without actually working the hours that were stated.
• Brad Thompson is accused of appropriating $274,000. $33,000 of which was used for travel.

In county on Monday, the lawyers for the Brundiges and Thompson requested more time to go over the discovery information. It was stated by one of the lawyers that it could be 9 to 16 gigabytes of information, and that he learned this could be over 500,000 pages that he would have to go through.

Of course, he said this would take too much time. The state lawyer said there is not 500,000 pages.

Despite all of this, the judge ruled that they could come back at a later date for a status appearance. This next date will be May 26.

We will continue to provide you with updates as this case continues.

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