Former Freeborn County Commissioner Linda Tuttle is slated to be sentenced Aug. 23 in federal court in Minneapolis after she pleaded guilty in April to one felony charge of wire fraud.

U.S. District Court Judge David S. Doty is slated to conduct the sentencing, which is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

 

Tuttle admitted in April to taking funds from escrow accounts at her business, Albert Lea Abstract, and diverting them to her own purposes.

The police investigation said she spent the money — about $1 million — to support a gambling addiction.

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