UPDATE: After the news broke of the indictment of the former Greece Deputy Town Supervisor Michelle Marini, she has announced her retirement.

The Town of Greece sent over the following statement Wednesday afternoon:

“We are aware of the indictment filed yesterday against former Town of Greece employee Michelle Marini. Mrs. Marini retired from the Town of Greece effective as of Monday June 24, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. The Town has and will continue to cooperate fully with the District Attorney’s investigation into this matter.“

MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — The former Greece deputy town supervisor, Michelle Marini, has been indicted, charged with grand larceny and corrupting the government, among other charges.

According to the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, the charges stem in part from Marini’s involvement with the development and construction of the Greece Community and Senior Center, now referred to as The Center at Greece Town Hall. Other allegations include the unlawful GPS tracking of a Town of Greece resident.

She is to be arraigned July 2 before Judge Meredith Vacca.

Marini was deputy town supervisor from 2014 through December 2023, when she became Director of Constituent Services.

She faces charges of third-degree corrupting the government; official misconduct, and three counts of fourth-degree grand larceny. The corrupting and grand larceny charges are felonies.

Ryan Murphy believes some of the criminal charges against Marini are a direct result of surveillance on him.

“The fact that it involves a GPS tracker — yes, yes, I do,” Murphy said.

Murphy says it all started when his home assessments kept going up year after year. He says he noticed a discrepancy and started posting on Facebook. That’s when he says he received a cease-and-desist letter from the town. Murphy said the town even called his employer and tried to get him fired.

“They did not like the fact that I was making their corrupt and illegal behavior public,” Murphy said.

A year later, on March 23 of this year, he says he found a tracking device on his car.

The District Attorney’s Office mentions allegations of unlawful GPS tracking in Marini’s indictment.

Ryan Murphy: “My wife bought a scanner on Amazon. I scanned it and found it.”

Marsha Augustin: “Where exactly did you find it?”

Ryan Murphy: “It was under the driver’s side rear wheel wall.”

Murphy said he took it off, photographed it, and sent it to his attorney — and contacted the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

This is just part of the allegations.

News10NBC also went to the addresses listed in the indictment. According to court paperwork, Marini stole from the town to have work done at the homes. A woman answered the door at the house on Torrey Pine Drive.

Marsha Augustin: “I’m Marsha with News10 ””

Woman at door: “She doesn’t live here, she moved.”

News10NBC has reached out to Marini and Town Supervisor Bill Reilich and has not heard back from either.

Court paperwork obtained Tuesday by News10NBC: