Ex-city clerk admits to stealing $937K from Morton

A former city clerk in Morton pleaded guilty to wire fraud after stealing over $900,000.

MORTON, Wash. — A former city clerk for the City of Morton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Wednesday to wire fraud in connection to a scheme to steal more than $900,000.

Tamara Clevenger has agreed to make restitution to the city. She faces up to 20 years in prison, though prosecutors agreed to recommend a three-year prison term. A judge is not bound by this recommendation. 

She will be sentenced July 7.

Clevenger was the city clerk/treasurer from 2012 to 2022. Morton, a small town about 40

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