Dixon horse lady to plead guilty to theft on Wednesday

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Rita Crundwell, the longtime comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to wire fraud. It's believed that she stole over $50 million from the city of 15,000, which is best known as Ronald Reagan's hometown.

Crundwell is a champion horse breeder. The US Marshals Service has been auctioning off her assets--including hundreds of quarter horses and a motor home valued over $1 million. But what will be collected will fall way short of what she apparently filched.

It's a real shame.

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