Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Public defender appointed for Rita Hunter


During a 10-minute session this morning in U. S. District Court in Springfield, Judge James England appointed a public defender for former Jasper County Public Administrator Rita Hunter and released her on bond.

Mrs. Hunter was indicted earlier this month on 10 counts of fraud and two counts of theft that allegedly took place while she was serving as a Jasper County elected official.

The complete indictment can be found at this link.

Mrs. Hunter's arraignment has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. January 5.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

If she can afford the bond then she can afford the attorney.

Anonymous said...

Help me out here. Someone said her husband ran for Congress. Is that true?

Anonymous said...

what goes around comes around.....told you that a couple of times Rita, Time for you to get yours! Christmas came early yay!!!!! celebrating and hoping for the maximum of 30 years for you mz hunter, you are so deserving. Stands to be a great new year. You are the worst kind of scum........mz high and mig hty isnt so mighty anymore hahaha! You were really stupid enough to think you could get by with all of that! Even more stupid than what I originally thought..... Sad waste of oxygen.

Anonymous said...

Rita and Steve Hunter. What a pair!

Randy said...

To Anonymous 5:32: Steve Hunter ran for the Seventh District Congressional seat in 2010.

Anonymous said...

Wondering why she didnt have to post bond?? Seems very odd when most have to post bond for lesser charges!

Anonymous said...

Randy, got any idea how they could let someone off like Rita with no bond? hmmmmmmmm