Yep, we had a woman that ran the local Economic Development Authority convicted in federal court (after years).
The local Sheriff at the time was tied up in it too. He shot himself over it. There were a bunch more tied-up in it that either pleaded to lesser charges or wiggled out of it altogether. It was a fuckin' mess.
They really don't know the full extent but they got her for embezzling at least 6.5 million. It's been going on two years since the conviction and the bitch has not been sentenced yet....Delay after delay.
It all stemmed from a total lack of oversight by the governing boards even though one member raised suspicions of wrongdoing early on but it was ignored and even shouted down at one point.
Just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1, slightly over four hours after beginning deliberations on the 34 criminal counts against former Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Jennifer Rae McDonald regarding allegedly embezzled or misdirected EDA assets...
royalexaminer.com