From today’s Joplin Globe:
NIXA, Mo. — A former streets department supervisor has pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to embezzle more than $750,000 from the city of Nixa.
Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Larry Covington of Ash Grove pleaded guilty Tuesday to four felonies. He faces up to 70 years in prison and agreed to forfeit $756,010 to the government.
In his plea, Covington admitted that he and former Nixa city employee David W. Griggs of Willard set up to fake businesses and submitted invoices for services the city didn’t provide. .
Covington, Griggs and Covington’s wife, Paula Covington, were accused of defrauding Nixa of a total of $756,010.
Paula Covington pleaded guilty last month and was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.
Griggs pleaded guilty last August and awaits sentencing.
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