An entire GOP County Board of Supervisors in VA indicted for embezzling $21 million...

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A grand jury has returned indictments against the entire elected leadership of Warren County ‘amid an ongoing probe into the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority”

“Fourteen individuals were charged by the grand jury with misdemeanors, two counts of misfeasance and a count of nonfeasance, Virginia State Police said Tuesday, due to their “knowledge of and inaction of the EDA’s mismanagement of funds.”

“Somebody is finally listening,” said Melanie Salins, a member of a community watchdog group called the Warren County Coalition. “It’s not every day that your entire government gets arrested. It’s so shameful.”

https://bluevirginia.us/2019/09/its-so-shameful-entire-elected-gop-leadership-of-virginia-county-indicted-for-embezzlement

[malaise]

1. This is HUGE

Get thee to the greatest page

[Vinca]

2. You'd think that would sway some voters to the Democrats.

Wow - go big or go home, I guess. $21 million is a major haul.

[woodsprite]

5. I can imagine them saying...

I see what you're doing is wrong, but I'll look the other way if I can get in on the take.

That seems to be the way most Repubs think "Oh, you're getting away with it. Well I want some."

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

A grand jury has indicted all of Warren County’s top government officials on charges of misfeasance as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of embezzlement and money laundering inside the local economic development authority, Virginia State Police announced Tuesday.

Among the 14 people charged were County Executive Douglas Stanley and all five members of the county’s Board of Supervisors: Chairman Daniel Murray, R-North River; Tony Carter, R-Happy Creek; Tom Sayre, R-Shenandoah; Archie Fox, R-Fork; and Linda Glavis, R-South River. Former Warren schools Superintendent Luke Drescher and former County Attorney Daniel Whitten also were charged.

Former Warren Supervisor Ron Llewellyn, who was also indicted, said the charges stem from allegations that local officials did not react quickly enough to suspicions that Jennifer McDonald, a former director of the economic development authority, was embezzling $21 million in agency money.

McDonald has been charged with 28 felony counts in that investigation, which, among other things, alleges that she doctored invoices to steer money into bank accounts that she controlled in a scheme to enrich herself, her friends and her family.

Local activists, who have argued that McDonald couldn’t have pulled off her alleged crimes without help from inside the county government, said Tuesday’s indictment proves there is more to investigate.

“Somebody is finally listening,” said Melanie Salins, a member of a community watchdog group called the Warren County Coalition. “It’s not every day that your entire government gets arrested. It’s so shameful.”

Warren County is in the Shenandoah Valley and includes the town of Front Royal.

https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/virginia-state-police-all-of-warren-county-s-top-officials/article_0b4dbaa7-df68-529e-8617-0fc95964a70b.amp.html

[Ligyron]

8. Notice how they don't mention they're all GOPers 'til way down in the article.

We have some newspapers around here just like that too.

And Sinclair, we have them as well.

[Brainfodder]

4. 1 county down, too many to think about to go?

(I love popcorn...)

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Perhaps this entire partry should be banned in total, from VA? NT

[Leith]

7. More proof that the rethug party are criminals

Just what IS it with them? When there is a serious crime done by someone in government, it is almost always a member of that party.