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Rita Crundwell Case
6:17 am
Thu November 1, 2012

Crundwell Pleads Not Guilty in Court

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Entrance to Rita Crundwell's horse farm near Dixon
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Former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell has pleaded not guilty to allegedly stealing millions of dollars in public funds and funneling the money into a secret bank account.

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Dixon Comptroller
8:29 am
Tue September 25, 2012

Crundwell Horse Auction Nets Nearly $5-Million

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Gabe Deckard of Marshall, IL makes friends at Rita Crundwell's horse auction.
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Painting of Rita Crundwell riding her star stallion, Good I Will Be. The horse known as Willie sold for $775-million to a horse breeder in Canada. The painting is on the side of one of Crundwell's trailers.
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The award-winning stallion Execute, who went for $245,000 at auction, the second highest amount in the Rita Crundwell auction.
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Blackhawk College equestrians Abbie McCabe and Courtney Ewing working at the Rita Crundwell horse auction.
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Rita Crundwell's ranch in Dixon, site of the horse auction.
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The mare Absolute Iron.
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Horse handlers keep the horses flowing to the auction block.
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The horses were polished and their hooves were blackened before they made their way to the auction block.
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  • Rita Crundwell horse auction, extended feature.

A  two-day horse auction in Dixon has netted nearly five million dollars, according to a U.S. Marshals Service representative. More than 300 of Rita Crundwell’s horses were sold Sunday and Monday. The former Dixon comptroller is accused of stealing more than 53-million dollars from the city. WNIJ’s Susan Stephens has more from Monday’s auction at Crundwell’s horse farm.

Rita Crundwell Case
2:36 pm
Thu September 20, 2012

Grand Jury Indicts Ex-Comptroller On 60 Counts

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Lee County State's Attorney Henry Dixon announces state charges against former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell.
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Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell now faces more charges related to missing city funds.

Lee County State's Atty. Henry Dixon announced this afternoon that a grand jury has indicted Crundwell on 60 felony theft counts, said to have taken place between January 19, 2010, and April 16, 2012. Each count accuses her of stealing more than $100,000 from the city while serving as comptroller.

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