City of Topeka says it no longer employs CFO Freddy Mawyin, charged with domestic battery
Topeka's city government announced Tuesday afternoon it no longer employs Freddy Mawyin, who had been its chief financial officer since January.
Earlier that afternoon, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said he had charged Mawyin with one misdemeanor count each of domestic battery, criminal damage to property and interference with law enforcement linked to his being arrested earlier this month.
The city wouldn't reveal whether Mawyin resigned or was terminated, saying only in a news release that it was "parting ways' with him.
"As this relates to a personnel matter, the city will not be commenting further," the release said.
The Kansas Open Records Act enables government agencies to withhold most personnel information from the public.
Rachelle Mathews has been named acting finance director and will serve in the role until further notice, the release said.
Why was Freddy Mawyin arrested?
Mawyin was placed Dec. 11 on administrative leave by Topeka's city government, which conducted its own investigation in addition to that being conducted by police, said Gretchen Spiker, the city's communications director.
Topeka police were called about 10 p.m. Dec. 10 to a report of a domestic dispute that had allegedly occurred the previous day at a house in the 4400 block of S.W. Lincolnshire Road, Spiker said.
Police arrested Mawyin after identifying him as a suspect in that case, she said.
Mawyin co-owns a house in the block where he was arrested, according to Shawnee County Appraiser's Office records.
Mawyin started work in January at an annual salary of $131,250 in his job as CFO for Topeka's city government.
Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: City of Topeka no longer employs recently arrested CFO Freddy Mawyin
