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Wheeler's wrath, as she was also the "landlady" for their small business, which she and more collaborators ruined. Moreover, the Aurora City Offices burned twice and whilst Wheeler was not convicted of these mysterious fires, records of her embezzlement were destroyed and only a persistent Texas Ranger discovered her crimes through duplicate records at the local bank. Wheeler and collaborators were found civilly liable for millions in damages to the gay couple, but nothing, as of 2024, has been paid.
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Administrator Toni Wheeler was sentenced in September 2024 to 15 years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections for embezzlement of $ 300,000 of city funds under her care. Additionally, she was convicted of filing two false, groundless Child Protective Services
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1281:Categories
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1201:Cottondale
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