Rita Crundwell news
“We’ve grown and changed for the better in leaps and bounds,” Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said. “We’re not done, and there’s more to do."
Not notifying officials about Rita Crundwell's release “created an unstable environment for our community,” Dixon mayor says
Here’s a breakdown of how much has been recovered, spent and earmarked for the future.
“It’s unacceptable that we didn’t have a voice in this decision.”
Prison officials and the judiciary must not yield to this master manipulator. Let her continue to repay the aggrieved citizens of Dixon from behind bars, where she belongs.
Last week, the disgraced city comptroller became known as federal inmate 44540-424 after she was ordered to serve a prison sentence in a case that officials have called the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history.
The attorney representing convicted federal felon Rita Crundwell in her state theft case filed a motion this Wednesday afternoon asking a judge to toss the case, citing potential double jeopardy.
A former city bookkeeper was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $53 million from her Illinois community, in what ranks as one of the worst abuses of public trust in the state’s corruption-rich history.
Saying she is “truly sorry,” a tearful Rita Crundwell was sentenced this morning to 19 years, 7 months in federal prison for pulling off what may be the biggest municipal theft in U.S. history.
Former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday morning to a single charge of federal wire fraud.
Do you always wonder why something is the way it is? Or whom a road was named after? Let me know, and I’ll try to answer your queries in my weekly Dateline Dixon column.
Former Dixon Comptroller Rita A. Crundwell pleaded not guilty to federal wire fraud.
Because last week’s Q&A column on the arrest of Dixon’s former comptroller, Rita Crundwell, and the ensuing confusion was such a hit, I decided to give it another go.
Accused of stealing $53 million from the city of Dixon, former city Comptroller Rita A. Crundwell pleaded not guilty to federal wire fraud Monday morning.
The council chambers at Dixon City Hall were filled to capacity Monday evening as the City Council held its first regularly scheduled meeting since the arrest of the city’s top finance officer.