On Thursday, September 13^th, 2012, Sandy Evans, age 45, of Yellville, was arrested for “Theft of Property”, a class D felony.  The arrest stemmed from a complaint filed to the Marion County Deputy Prosecutor’s Office of missing and / or the misuse of funds from the Marion County Fair Board, in which Evans is the President of. 

The investigation revealed that Evan’s wrote checks to herself from the Fair Board account, in the amount of $1,175.00 and further purchased a phone for herself, for the amount of $762.64, in which the Fair Board did not authorize.  Evans’ bond was set at $5,000.00, in which she posted.  Evans’ is scheduled to make her first appearance before the Marion County Circuit Court on September 19^th, 2012, at 10:00 AM.  The matter is still under investigation.