Three current Iowa city officials – the mayor, the chief of police and the city’s clerk – and a former officer were arrested on Friday on charges of wrongdoing.
The arrests and 21 felony and misdemeanor charges follow an investigation of years in Armstrong, the Iowa city government, Emmet County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement, according to FOX 44 in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Armstrong Mayor Greg Buum, Police Chief Craig Merrill, City Employee Tracie Lang and Former Employee Connie Thackery face charges related to embezzling city funds, hiding embezzlement through falsifying public records and using stun gun against a civilian, KTIV- TV report in Sioux City.
Mayor Greg Buum, left, City Clerk Tracie Lang, in the center, and former City Clerk Connie Thackery.
(Emmet County Sheriff’s Office)
The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Criminal Investigation Division conducted an investigation into the allegations that the state auditor’s office investigated first.
The cases will be processed by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office due to a potential conflict of interest with the Emmet County Attorney, KTIV reported.
More arrests may be pending, FOX 44 reported.
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Armstrong is a city of about 1,000 on the northern border of Iowa and Minnesota.