A Former Treasurer Accused Of Stealing More Than 129-Thousand Dollars From An Elizabethton Church Has Pleaded Guilty To The Crime. 67 Year Old Silas Sams Pleaded Guilty To Theft Over 60-Thousand Dollars, Nine Counts Of Forgery And Theft Over One-Thousand Dollars. A Judge Ordered Him To Pay Restitution And To Serve 90 Days In Jail Followed By 10 Years Of Probation. Sams Took The Money From Beck Mountain Baptist Church Between September 2006 To July 2013.