Orem mayor won’t face charges for unauthorized withdrawals from city retirement account

(Courtesy city of Orem) Mayor Richard Brunst Utah County prosecutors have ended their investigation into Orem Mayor Richard Brunst for making unauthorized withdrawals from his city retirement account, deciding he never intended to defraud anyone.

The decision comes about a month and a half after the city council discovered the withdrawals and launched an investigation.

The city council discovered that Brunst had changed dates on forms, submitted the same signed forms for multiple reimbursement requests and had requested reimbursements more often than is allowed.

The release iterated Utah’s forgery statute, which states, in part, that a person is guilty of forgery if they alter the writing of…