VIENNA — The Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office is still looking for individuals affected by the township’s former fiscal officer to provide statements, according to one of its residents.

Township resident Mary Swift explained to trustees at Monday’s meeting that she spoke to someone from the prosecutor’s office, who said that they were “very surprised” that they haven’t received any victim impact statements regarding former Fiscal Officer Linda McCullough, who served the township from 2019 to early 2023.

“That goes a long way for us because we’re all victims; we’re taxpayers. They would like to have something,” Swift said. “The judge, which is Judge Ron Rice, reads those. The prosecutor’s office, Dennis Watkins, reads those; Chuck Morrow, the prosecutor that is over this, they read those — good or bad.”

Swift said they’re seeking statements regardless of whether they were positive or negative, too.

“(If you) want to put down good aspects of what she did, bad aspects, or where we’re at with going on — we’re going to know more, of course, in the next two weeks,” she said. “I think it would be a good way for the community to get the word, what anybody wants to say.”

Trustee Richard Dascenzo questioned why Cynthia Westcott Rice, who had been presiding over McCullough’s case, wasn’t one of the points of reference. Swift explained that the case was transferred from her to Judge Ronald Rice.

However, online court records as of Monday night still show McCullough set to appear in Cynthia Rice’s courtroom for her final pretrial at 1:30 p.m. June 6, followed by a jury trial at 9 a.m. June 16.

Trustee Mike Haddle said he wouldn’t be surprised if McCullough’s trial ends up pushed back again because there are pending variables that haven’t been completed.

“There’s still the Auditor of State investigative unit doing their (thing), and they don’t have it done until at least October,” Haddle said. “Remember, we said — and this is from the Auditor of State when they came in — they jumped the gun on getting charges out there specifically to keep her from pulling her OPERS (Ohio Public Employees Retirement System), so that isn’t saying anything crazy.”

“They started the trial proceedings earlier than they wanted to,” Haddle added.

Haddle said the township still has to issue findings for recovery, which Fiscal Officer Jason Miner will be working on getting to the state auditor’s office.

Haddle said Trustee Phil Pegg, who wasn’t present at the meeting, was still working on sorting out the township’s IRS fees and penalties, which they couldn’t pay because of a conflict with the Ohio Revised Code stating McCullough holds responsibility for paying such things.

She pleaded not guilty in early March to a superseding indictment charging her with three additional counts of tampering with records. The new charges follow an indictment from October that charged her with two counts of theft in office, four counts of tampering with records and a charge of telecommunications fraud.

The investigation into McCullough began in February 2023 after it was discovered there was $1.3 million missing from the township budget. Vienna was placed in fiscal emergency by the state auditor in July 2024.