Leawood Treasurer Told to Repay Money or Go to Jail

From today’s Joplin Globe:

NEWTON COUNTY, MO. — Gene Paul Boyd, 64, former treasurer of the village of Leawood, today was given one year to repay $376,000 to the village or face 15 years in prison.

Boyd, who had previously pleaded guilty to felony theft, was asked by Newton Judge Kevin Selby how much money he took from the village, at which point Boyd acknowledged taking $40,000 to $50,000 more than the $325,000 auditors had previously said was missing.

Boyd admitted much of the money taken from the village over a period of nearly 20 years was spent on “ongoing living expenses.”