A February 2015 trial date has been set for a former Bedford County detective charged with theft after investigators say she took more than $10,000 from sex offenders.

The Commercial Appeal reported that Senior Judge Don R. Ash of Murfreesboro set the date and a Jan. 23 deadline for any negotiated plea in the case.

A trial for 58-year-old Rebecca Hord of Shelbyville had been scheduled to begin Tuesday. She's charged with theft over $10,000, official misconduct and four counts of forgery.
Investigators say Hord took the funds from convicted sex offenders who paid their registration fees and were issued generic receipts.

She was fired in 2012 for allegedly driving her county patrol car to Nashville and Kentucky for non-work related reasons and other non-specified violations of department policy.