Flordell Hill residents react to indictment of former clerks
Two former clerks for the city have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing close to $663,000 dollars in city funds.
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Two former clerks for the city have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing close to $663,000 dollars in city funds.
The two women are accused of diverting more than $650,000 over six years to personal uses, including rent, back taxes and gambling. The annual city budget is $450,000.
For six years, Maureen Woodson, 68, and Donna Thompson, 75, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the town, according to a federal grand jury indictment.
The subpoenas requested "any and all records" relating to COVID-19 pandemic grants or loans for 14 businesses but did not say why the documents were being sought.
Page vowed to "defer" to Goldsmith's judgment, but suggested sharing those with the public could "interfere" with the investigation.