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Former small-town city clerk pleads guilty to embezzling $75,000+

USDOJ coinThe former city clerk in a small town in northern Kansas has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $75,000.

Janetta Marie Buttery, 43, Bennington, Kan., pleaded guilty Monday to one count of interstate transportation of stolen funds.

In her plea, Buttery said she served as city clerk in Bennington, population 672, from October 2014 to May 2016. She left the position before the city discovered the crime. In her position as clerk she had access to credit cards belonging to the city and the city’s Recreation Commission. She used the cards to make unauthorized payments totaling more than $75,000.

Sentencing is set for March 6. She faces a penalty of up to 10 years and a fine up to $250,000.

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