Posted on 02/15/2021 11:55:25 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The mayor, police chief, city clerk and a former city clerk of a small Midwest town were all arrested for allegedly abusing their power — with crimes including stealing money, falsifying records and strong-arming civilians, officials said.
In one instance, a resident in Armstrong, Iowa — population 840 — was attacked by one of the defendants with a stun gun to shake them down for money, authorities said.
“Mayor Greg Buum, police chief Craig Merrill, city clerk Tracie Lang, and former city clerk Connie Thackery were charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses in a 21-count joint trial information approved by the Emmet County District Court,” the Emmet County sheriff said in a statement.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office filed charges on Feb. 11 after a multi-year investigation uncovered allegations of theft, felonious misconduct in office, tampering with records, assault with a dangerous weapon and falsifying public records, according to the release.
One of the defendants — it wasn’t immediately clear which — deployed a Taser on a civilian in exchange for cash, officials allege.
Buum, Merrill and Thackery face a top charge of ongoing criminal conduct — a Class B felony.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
IOW, they were doing what the Xiden administration and members of congress are doing on a national scale!
Who ever arrested those creeps need to make a stop at the Whitehouse.
Party affiliation?
Not the healthiest looking bunch of co-conspirators.
Strongarming in Armstrong. Wow! These people are FULL-ON into conspiracy, which to me means they should be RICO’d to the hilt. Organized crime, it sounds like.
If anyone wants a LONG background read on the multi-year shenanigans: https://www.esthervillenews.net/news/local-news/2021/02/13/multi-year-investigation-leads-to-arrest-of-armstrong-officials/
No mention of political party in the entire article.
They didn’t mention the party affiliation so that usually means Democrat.
If they were GOP they would be saying “Republican” every other word.
Am I right?
I - Idiots
O - Out
W - Walking
A - Around
It appears this was a good bust, but bad ones may follow if locals decide to buck the Biden admin.
Sounds like Democrats.....................
Who knows what the mayor’s party is, but check out the bit on how he got elected...
https://kicdam.com/news/170071-new-armstrong-mayor-elected/
Sound familiar?
Sounds like an old Burt Reynolds movie.
What a Buum!
Or Walking Tall, the Joe Don Baker original.
Meth addicts—gotta be...
Needs to be applied at all State Capitols and DC
Lots of small things. Union made a big deal of technicality. Mostly looks like a lot of incompetence. Poor acctg and late filing of reports to irs. Took a few shortcuts.
There are so many rules and regs in everything, it is easier to do nothing. It takes a full time employee to stay on top of everything, small towns don’t have the resources.
Nobody competent wanted the job. They did the best they could.
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