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(KOAM) — The City of Erie terminated its city clerk, and now she is facing felony charges, and a jury delivered a verdict following a 2025 road rage shooting.<\/p>\n
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ERIE, Kan. — The City of Erie, Kansas, terminated its city clerk following allegations that she stole city funds.<\/p>\n
Authorities announced on Thursday that police arrested the former city clerk, Jessica Altman, on felony theft charges on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Evidence leads investigators to suspect that some residents made utility payments directly to Altman through Cash App.<\/p>\n
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MCDONALD COUNTY, Mo. — A McDonald County, Missouri, jury delivered its verdict in a road rage shooting on Highway 59 in Neosho that left a driver wounded.<\/p>\n
Last May, Anthony Keller allegedly rammed another vehicle off the road, then fired at least one shot from a pistol.<\/p>\n
The bullet hit the 59-year-old victim in the arm, sending him to a Joplin hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n
A witness following the vehicles provided police with information that led to Keller’s arrest.<\/p>\n
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