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CORSICANA — Everybody in town seems to know about the $16.6 million embezzlement uncovered last June at Corsicana’s landmark fruitcake producer, Collin Street Bakery. But many residents remain befuddled by the case of Sandy Jenkins, the bakery’s $50,000-a-year corporate controller, who sits in a Dallas detention center charged with 10 counts of mail fraud, which he has denied. He faces a maximum sentence of 200 years in prison and a $2.5 million fine. His trial is scheduled to begin April 7. Corsicanans are stumped over how the alleged siphoning went undetected for eight years while the accused led a glaringly opulent lifestyle — luxury cars, vacation homes, even a lavish wine collection — in this churchy, plain-cotton community 55 miles southeast of Fort Worth. Although the headlines have faded, people still seethe over the targeting of the 117-year-old bakery, a mainstay of local civic generosity, not to mention a major source of hometown pride. When residents travel and mention that they hail from Corsicana, there’s instant recognition as the place where a million DeLuxe-brand fruitcakes are produced for Christmas. “Everyone holds the bakery dear to their heart,” said Kim Rimonte, looking up from her salad plate at Corsicana’s Roy’s Cafe, a favorite with early-morning coffee sippers that was founded in 1928. “How dare they hurt the bakery?” Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/03/11/5640532/feds-iconic-east-texas-bakery.html#storylink=cpy