GUADALUPE COUNTY, Texas – The felony theft trial for the husband of the Guadalupe County District Clerk has been moved to a new venue, after his attorneys successfully argued it would be difficult for him to have a fair trial if it remained in Guadalupe County. Josh Balk, 41, will now be tried in Caldwell County, court records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show. Balk, the husband of Guadalupe County District Clerk Linda Balk, faces second-degree felony charges of misapplication of fiduciary property between $150,000 and $300,000 and theft of property between $150,000 and $300,000. The dates of the contributions were within the window Josh Balk had been accused of criminal wrongdoing. Linda Balk has previously said the felony charges against her husband are frivolous, without merit, and politically motivated.