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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.

Illinois
8:49 am
Mon September 24, 2012

Crundwell Horse Sale Underway

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Entrance to Rita Crundwell's horse farm near Dixon
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A live auction of hundreds of horses kicked off this weekend in northern Illinois. The animals once belonged to Dixon's former comptroller, who's accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the city.

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Illinois
7:56 am
Fri September 7, 2012

Online Auction For Crundwell Horses Begins Friday

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Entrance to Rita Crundwell's horse farm near Dixon
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Federal marshals want to sell off hundreds of horses belonging to Rita Crundwell, the former Dixon city comptroller accused of stealing more than $53 million while on the job.

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