GILLETTE -- Charges were filed Tuesday against several current and former members of the Campbell County Cemetery Board, including several violations of Wyoming's open meetings act, as well as a felony charge against current board member and former cemetery district supervisor Christina Maycock.

Campbell County Attorney Jeani Stone listed two counts of open meetings act violations against current board members Maycock, Dorothy Slattery and Eda Reno, according to a media release. The allegations involved special meetings that were called on Dec. 3, 2008 and June 11, 2009, according to the release.

Also charged with open meetings act violations were former board member George Hunter, for his involvement in the Dec. 3 meeting, and current board member Shirley Schafer, for her involvement in the June 11 meeting.

All five individuals are scheduled to appear in Campbell County Circuit Court at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. Each count is a misdemeanor that is punishable by no more than a $750 fine.

Current board members Rita Mashak and Nikki Johnson were not charged, as they objected to or were not aware of the meetings on Dec. 3 or June 11, according to the release. Mashak and Johnson brought the potential violations to Stone's attention after the June 11 meeting.

"I'm pleased that Rita('s) and my complaints have been validated and we'll just see where it goes from here," Johnson said.

Maycock is scheduled to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to face additional charges, including a felony charge of obtaining property by false pretenses, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Her two misdemeanor charges include wrongful appropriation of public property and misuse of office.

If found guilty, "violation of this act constitutes sufficient cause for removal of a public official from his office or position," as well as fines and time in jail, according to the media release.

"Christina Maycock served as the supervisor for the Campbell County Cemetery for approximately 23 years, and through mid-November 2008," Gillette Police Department Sgt. Det. Chuck Deaton said in the release. "... As a result, during the time period that Maycock was supervisor of the Campbell County Cemetery, she was an employee of the government, the Campbell County Cemetery Board, and following her election to the Campbell County Cemetery Board, she became a public official as an elected member of that board."

The charges brought against Maycock stem from accusations of occurrences that took place from 1990 to 2009 -- from requesting cemetery employees to perform yard work and other tasks using cemetery equipment during work hours to the use of cemetery property to store Maycock's personal items.

Other accusations include possible insurance fraud by Maycock when she obtained health and life insurance for her ex-husband William Maycock from 1992 to 1999, prior to being remarried to William in 1999.

Former cemetery employees Wendy Clements and Danielle Record, who were fired by the board in June, as well as former assistant supervisor Jay Francis, who was fired by the board this month, were among those interviewed by authorities. Francis, Clements and Record stated several instances of misuse of cemetery equipment and property for Maycock's personal use and the use of other board members.

This month, the cemetery board also fired district supervisor Doug Dinsmoore and bookkeeper Faye Mackey.

Maycock declined to comment on the charges. and Johnson declined to comment on any of the additional charges filed.

Calls to Slattery, Schafer and Mashak were not returned.

In addition, the audit of the cemetery books was reviewed, but no charges were filed in regard to that investigation.

"[An accounting fraud investigator] concluded that the Campbell County Cemetery District has fairly tight internal controls and did not find any additional concerns to warrant charges," Stone said in the release.

The board's legal representative, Greg Goddart, said he had not yet received the documentation regarding the charges, but he had been in contact with Slattery earlier in the day.

"I really haven't had a chance to study the charges," Goddart said. "I need to know more of the facts."

Goddart began representing the board in August after the investigations were already pending. He said that arrangements were being made for him to meet with the group at the earliest convenient time.

"We'll let it sort out and move on," Goddart said. "Let's get everything out in the light of day, get it handled and move on."

Goddart said he will most likely advise board members on how to proceed now that charges have been filed, but would probably not represent any of the members individually.

The next regularly scheduled cemetery board meeting will be at 10 a.m. on Oct. 7.