Winning bidders bag their booty
Out-of-staters, others clear out decades of Crundwell’s life, piece by piece
DIXON – Never in her wildest dreams could Anneliese Benesh afford the cowhide and couch that was loaded into her van Saturday.
That is what Benesh said after picking up the sofa she won in an auction of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell’s personal belongings.
Crundwell, 59, pleaded guilty Nov. 14 to federal wire fraud in a scheme in which she admitted stealing nearly $54 million in city funds since 1990.
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