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If your town, allegedly, had a mayor who abused his power, a city clerk who embezzled funds, and a corrupt police department—all at the same time—then you might be from Armstrong, Iowa.
The town of around 875 people in Emmet County near the Minnesota border was rocked last February when Armstrong’s mayor, police chief, and city clerk—plus a former city clerk—were arrested on 21 different criminal charges, including felonies.
Mayor Greg Buum, Clerk Tracie Lang, and former Clerk Connie Thackery were all arrested Feb. 12, 2021, by the Emmet County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation after a years-long investigation. Police Chief Craig Merrill was arrested Feb. 13, 2021, by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota and extradited back to Iowa.
The criminal charges against the four include those related to “misappropriation of city funds, the presentation of fraudulent public records, deploying a TASER against a civilian in exchange for cash, and falsification of ledgers to conceal embezzlement.”
And the arrests keep coming...https://iowastartingline.com/2022/04/20/whats-going-on-in-armstrong-iowa/

kacekwl
(7,911 posts)sad sacks.
SergeStorms
(19,422 posts)The resemblance is remarkable.
TheRealNorth
(9,629 posts)When it comes to corruption. Fact is bureaucracies are an impediment to corruption, and corruption can be more easily done and go undetected when there are fewer people that are involved.
Scrivener7
(54,194 posts)look alike?
OldBaldy1701E
(7,302 posts)Mawspam2
(901 posts)...the Iowa Lotto in 2020.