A former bookkeeper for a cash-strapped Illinois town, who admitted embezzling $53 million to finance a lavish lifestyle centered on prize-winning horses, was sentenced Thursday to almost 20 years in prison.
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Dixon, Illinois city manager Danny Langloss reacted to President Biden's sweeping commutation that affected the sentence of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell.
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