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Ex-clerk of Kansas county admits misuse of public funds

Posted at 3:00 AM, Nov 06, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-06 04:00:36-05

MARYSVILLE, Kan. — The former clerk of a northeast Kansas county has admitted to spending more than $100,000 of taxpayer money for personal use.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a news release that 44-year-old Sonya Laurette Stohs, of Marysville, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Marshall County District Court to felony misuse of public funds.

Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 7.

A Kansas Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Secret Service investigation found that Stohs used more than $100,000 in county funds to pay for various personal items between May 2013 and April 2019.