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During a Fort Gay Town Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, the council accepted the resignations of the Fort Gay Mayor Joetta Hatfield and Recorder and Treasurer Sheila Bowen. Hatfield and Bowen were arrested and charged with several crimes on Nov. 22.
According to criminal complaints filed in Wayne County Magistrate Court, Hatfield and Bowen were charged with felony fraudulent schemes, embezzlement, falsifying accounts, laundering through financial transactions and conspiracy (conspiracy to falsifying accounts).
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