Town s mayor, police chief and other city officials arrested for embezzlement
NOTIFIED: Feb. 13, 2021
Replay Video UP NEXT The mayor, police chief, city clerk and a former city clerk of a town in Iowa have all been charged following a multi-year investigation that accuses them of misappropriating city funds, producing fraudulent public records, using a TASER on a civilian in exchange for cash and concealing embezzlement. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office filed charges on Feb. 11, against the current and former public officials of the city of Armstrong, Iowa, located in Emmet County close to the Minnesota border, according to a statement released by the Emmet County Sheriff’s Office.MORE: 2 brothers stage elaborate stabbing hoax so they could post prank on social media: Police
Four Armstrong, Iowa City Officials Charged With Using Taser Against Civilian for Cash
On 2/12/21 at 10:55 PM EST
Multiple charges, including the use of a Taser against a civilian in exchange for money, were filed against the police chief, mayor, city clerk and former city clerk of Armstrong, Iowa by the Iowa Attorney General s Office on Friday.
The 21 charges stem from a multi-year investigation into alleged financial improprieties by city leaders spearheaded by the Emmet County Sheriff s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
According to a press release from the Emmet County, Iowa Sheriff s Office, Armstrong Mayor Greg Buum, Police Chief Craig Merrill, City Clerk Tracie Lang and former City Clerk Connie Thackery were charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses. Thackery, Buum and Merrill were all charged with ongoing criminal conduct. Lang was charged with fraudulent practice in the first degree.
By Julia Bertino
Feb 12, 2021
(Bettendorf, IA) The Bettendorf police officer who fatally shot a man on Sunday has been identified.
On Friday, the Bettendorf Police Department identified Zachary Gish as the officer who shot and killed 49 year old Brian Gregory Scott. Gish has been with the department for three years, and remains on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation into Scott s death.
Bettendorf Police say Officer Gish voluntarily interviewed with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Once the investigation is finished, Gish’s interview along with the investigative facts will be forwarded to the Scott County Attorney’s Office for review.
Des Moines Register
Four officials in the small town of Armstrong, Iowa, face multiple charges after what the local sheriff on Friday called a multi-year investigation into public misconduct.
Mayor Greg Buum, Police Chief Craig Merrill, City Clerk Tracie Lang and former City Clerk Connie Thackery face a combined 21 charges, the Emmet County Sheriff s Office announced in a news release.
The charges include fraudulent practice, ongoing criminal conduct, theft, misconduct in office, tampering with records, assault with a dangerous weapon, and falsifying public documents. Buum, Lang and Thackery were arrested Friday. The Martin County, Minnesota, sheriff s office said Merrill was arrested Saturday just over the border from the town where he was employed.