mark thank you a man heavily involved in the anago and langlade County communities is accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from government entities and nonprofits over the last decade 69-year-old Gary keeper is now charged in langlade County with several counts of theft and misconduct in public office seven investigates Emily Davies looked into this investigation and this man's background Emily he admitted his actions to law enforcement yeah according to the criminal complaint when investiga
tors showed Gary keeper a spreadsheet in money from the town of aley to his own account investigators say he stated quote I'm guilty keeper told investigators he was the town board for 40 years and treasurer for the last 25 years a town board member confirmed with investigators keeper had full access to the town funds and was the only one signing checks for the town board members told law enforcement keeper admitted to taking money during a town meeting on November 27th he resigned that day boar
d members say that he told the board quote what do you think is going to happen when nobody is watching end quote he blamed the clerk from about 10 years ago who was not checking his work as Treasurer he also admitted to writing fraudulent checks and stealing money from the langl County Rural Fire Fire Control based in anago it's a nonprofit firefighting service that serves three rural townships he was on the board and served as Treasurer while he said he wasn't blaming anyone but himself he ess
entially said other board members would have caught him years earlier if they were doing their jobs and checking on him quote when you earn somebody's TR trust then you get away with exploitive and think you will never get caught or whatever end quote in 2015 he also received a Paul bunan Community award from representative sha Dey for his service to the Antigo and lak Lake County communities i' like to help people the Lord has given me talents and abilities to go out and do that and uh it's jus
t a great feeling to go out and help somebody less fortunate than yourself to make it a better place people helping people that's kind of my theme and give people a hand up not a hand out keeper also served as the anago school board president in 2012 keeper was also charged with possession of a firearm while intoxicated when he was being arrested yesterday he is in jail on a $500,000 cash Bond he's due back in court in April 1st I also spoke with the a town president who says they are watching t
he situation closely and will do anything necessary to protect the town he added the town previously was not doing things correctly and they have since implemented the town's association's best practices and
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