Northeast Missouri city clerk {stole|took} $317,000, feds {say|state}|{Law and order|Order}|stltoday.com – STLtoday.com

jury in St. Louis {earlier|previously} this month {indicted|prosecuted|arraigned} the city clerk for the Ralls County town of Center on charges she {stole|took} about$ 317,000 from {municipal|community|local} coffers, {prosecutors|district attorneys} {said|stated} Wednesday. Tracey Ray, 48, was {arrested|apprehended|detained|jailed} Tuesday after being

{indicted|prosecuted|arraigned} in U.S. District Court on Nov. 5. She’s charged with wire {fraud|scams} and federal program theft. {Prosecutors|District attorneys} {said|stated} that from January 2015 through July 3, 2019, Ray {used|utilized} city

{money|cash} to pay 30 {personal|individual} {credit card|charge card} {bills|expenses|costs} {totaling|amounting to}$206,342, and on about 40 {occasions|events|celebrations} she {used|utilized} city checks to pay {health, {disability|impairment|special needs} and life|health, life and {disability|impairment|special needs}|{disability|impairment|special needs}, health and life|{disability|impairment|special needs}, life and health|life, health and {disability|impairment|special needs}|life, {disability|impairment|special needs} and health} {insurance|insurance coverage} premiums for herself and {relatives|family members|loved ones} worth$ 62,537. She {also|likewise} {issued|provided|released} payroll checks to herself {totaling|amounting to} about $3,580 and {wrote|composed} city checks worth about$35,546 for

‘s {Office|Workplace} in St. Louis. No {lawyer|attorney|legal representative} is {listed|noted} for Ray in online court records. {Center {is about|has to do with} 20 miles southwest of Hannibal.|Is about 20 miles southwest of Hannibal.}

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