The case against Harrisonburg City Treasurer Rebecca Neal moved forward Wednesday.

Judge James Lane ruled on two motions filed on behalf of Rebecca Neal. The first asked for a delay for Neal's scheduled court hearing Thursday at which time she was to show cause on why she should not be removed from office.

The second asked the judge to rule on whether or not the petition filed to remove Neal from office is legally sound or should be thrown out.

Wednesday afternoon, Lane postponed the hearing to remove Neal from office, and set a new hearing date of June 12.

Meanwhile, Commonwealth's Attorney Marsha Garst requested that Lane suspend Neal until the hearing. He said that he would have a written ruling on whether or not he would suspend Neal from office by Friday, though it could come as early as Thursday.

Neal's attorney, David O'Donnell, did not want to make a comment on the current status of the case. The following is an exchange between O'Donnell and TV3.

Kelly: "Are you glad that it's been continued?"

O'Donnell: "You know, I don't want to be rude, I kind of made it clear. I don't have any comment. Do you understand that?"

Kelly: "Yes, thank you."

Garst could not comment on the case either. However, Harrisonburg City Council member Carolyn Frank, who turned in the petition last week, said it's the desire of the people who signed the petition to see Neal suspended from office.

She says, "I had at least 12 people there today that had worked with me on this petition and I could tell by their reaction that they were ready to do it again if they had to and that's the way I felt. We'd do it again if we had to, but I'm thankful that we don't, that the petition stood."

Lane said it would be at the court's discretion whether to suspend Neal but in court he said that this is "not a simple situation" and he will have a decision by the end of the week.

Neal was indicted in February on eight fraud counts and she faces up to ten years behind bars for each count. She was also indicted on 12 counts of altering deposits. Each of these counts could potentially put her in jail for up to six months.

She could also face up to $812,000 in fines and potentially could be removed from office. Her next court date is scheduled for June 12.