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Rita's Time in Court Not Over Yet

By: Sabrina Santucci
Updated: February 15, 2013
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Local newspapers read in bold letters "Rita saddled with 19 years, seven months." A federal sentence some in Dixon are pleased with.

 

Resident Tommie Wallace explains "I think it's fair and just."

 

Dixon Mayor Jim Burke would have liked to see Crundwell spend more time behind bars after swindling the city of nearly $54 million dollars.

 

Mayor Burke says "if one looks at it on the amount of money that she took that is not a horrendous sentence and I'm not criticizing the judge for it. Obviously the judge gave her the maximum sentence."

 

But Crundwell's day in court may not be over. Mayor Burke has no plans to drop the 60 separate state charges against her.

 

Mayor Burke says "I'm going to be talking with city council about how they feel about this. My tendency is that that we go forward with this thing." 

 

A sentiment echoed by those who have lived in the small town for years. Wallace says "I think it's more than fair that she be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

 

Crundwell has pleaded not guilty to the dozens of state felony charges for theft in Lee County. It's now up to county officials to determine their next move.

 

Lee County States Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller says "at this point my intent is to meet with the mayor and city officials of Dixon to determine how they wish to proceed on those; obviously they're the victims of the crime."

 

The city has not estimated the cost of pursuing state charges filed against her. Regardless, Mayor Burke feels it's important to do so especially for the people of Dixon.  

 

He explains "it is very difficult to put a dollar amount on justice."

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I HAVE STATED MY CASE THAT I THINK IT TOTALLY STINKS THAT WE HOUSE AND RETRAIN CRIMINALS TO BE BETTER PEOPLE. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR CONTRY AND DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT WERE NOT TREATED HALF AS FAIR. WE HAVE VETERANS THAT DO NOT GET TREATED FAIR. I WOULD NOT EVEN THINK OF STEALING ONE DOLLAR, LET ALONE OVER FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS AND SCREW THE TAXPAYERS. I WILL BE WRITING JIM BURKE. I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO IS PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS. I WORK LIKE A DOG, THREE JOBS, SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, DOWN AND OUT. I DO NOT STEAL OR WOULD EVER THINK OF STEALING/ROBBING. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE SIX COLLEGE DEGREES AND ADEQUATE WORK EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE. I AM KEEPING THE WOLF AWAY FROM MY DOOR. I AM LOOKING AT A DOCTOR DEGREE HONESTLY FROM A SCHOOL IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THESE TWO WELL-KNOWN SCHOOLS IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO READ AND WRITE. YOU HAVE TO IN ORDER TO BE INVITED AND ACCEPTED AT EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO WELL-KNOWN SCHOOLS. THE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU IS I AM FROM THE AREA, AND I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. MY LETTERS HAVE ALL BEEN ANSWERED, AND I HAVE WRITTEN MANY POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT. I ALMOST CONSIDER MYSELF SUCCESSFUL. I AM SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT CHEATING/STEALING/LIEING, ETC. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE "THE PUNISHMENT MUST MEET THE CRIME." DO YOU AGREE? IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS CHEATER/SWINDLER/LIER/MONEY SWINDLER TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICE LIKE A CHAIN GANG. IT IS A MUST THAT YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. WHERE IS YOUR DIGNITY AND CARING FOR THE UNITED STATES PEOPLE? WHERE IS THE UNDERSTANDING FOR YOUR GOOD CITIZENSW THAT HAVE SUFFERED AND LOST ALL OF THIS MONEY? WHY DO WE NOT CONSIDER THEM? I HAVE SIX COLLEGE DEGREES, AND I HAVE MADE USE OF EVERY DEGREE THAT I EARNED HONESTLY. WHY CAN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN BE HONEST AND SINCERE INSTEAD OF WANTING TO TAKE, SWINDLE, BE DECEITFUL, UNTRUSTING, ETC. I AM TOTALLY UPSET WITH THE WAY THIS COUNTRY JUDICIAL SYSTEM TAKES CARE OF CRIMINALS. THE ONES THAT SUFFER ARE NOT TREATED AS AN EQUAL. I HAVE SEEN AND WITNESSED THE CONSTANT MISTREATMENT OF THE VICTIMS AND NOT THE PERPETRATORS. I CLEARLY STATED, AND I WILL STATE AGAIN, "SHAME ON YOU FOR CARING AND HOUSING CRIMINALS. I WANT TO SEE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THIS PERSON OUT IN A CHAIN GANG PICKING UP TRASH ON THE HIGHWAYS, CITY ROADWAYS, CLEANING TOILETS, ETC. THIS WOULD BE A BEGINNING OF SEEING FAIR JUSTICE. I AM GOING TO WRITE AND INSIST THAT MAYOR BURKE ENFORCE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. ADDITIONALLY, I WILL WRITE BARACK O'BAMA ABOUT THIS MATTER, AND MY LETTERS WILL RECEIVE ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY. ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I HAVE VISITED IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS IS THE SAME ONE THAT PRESIDENT O'BAMA AND HIS WIFE GRADUATED FROM. I AM DEMANDING RESPONSE FROM THIS, AND I WANT JUSTICE IN A BETTER MANNER THAN JUST HAVING THIS PERSON SITTING IN A CELL BLOCK AND BE RETRAINED TO BE A BETTER PERSON. "YOU CANNOT REPLACE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAS BEEN LOST." I AM ADDRESSING MR. JIM BURKE AND PRESIDENT O'BAMA. AGAIN, I MUST SAY, "SHAME ON YOU IN THE MANNER THAT THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED WITHOUT A PLAN OF ACTION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE." MR. JEROME

Robert J. February 15, 2013 at 6:29 pm

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