BULLARD, Texas — Arrest documents allege an East Texas woman stole over $67,000 from the construction company she was working at for over two years.

Danielle Marie Stanley, the former bookkeeper for Christian Builders based in Bullard, is charged property theft worth $30,000 to $150,000 for allegedly embezzling about $67,670.84 from the owners' business accounts, according to arrest documents.

"I never really dreamed this would have happened, especially with somebody that we had gotten as close to as we had gotten with her," owner of Christian Builders David Christian said. "We considered her part of the family."

Stanley was arrested Wednesday and bonded out of the Smith County Jail the same day.

She had worked for the company since May 2023 and she had never been given permission to s

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