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Bookkeeper gets almost 20 years for stealing $53M from Ill. town

Rita Crundwell

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.

 

Mayor of Struggling Illinois Village Shot Dead

Mayor of Struggling Illinois Village Shot Dead

The mayor of a decaying village near St. Louis known for its strip clubs and beset by financial troubles and embezzlements was gunned down early Thursday, and police say his killer is still out there.

 

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