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2 charged with stealing Flowery Branch city funds
1016Maria Arevalo
Maria Magana Arevalo
A Flowery Branch city employee and a former Flowery Branch Police clerk have been arrested on charges of stealing city funds, according to the city’s mayor, Mike Miller. Maria Magana Arevalo, 44, is charged with two counts of felony theft in connection with funds taken between May 23 and Aug. 16, according to Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks, sheriff’s office spokesman. Miller said Arevalo is accused of stealing about $22,000 from city deposits, $3,054 of which has been recovered.