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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A "highly trusted" county official stole more than $1 million from the government before she killed herself while under investigation this spring, officials said Thursday.
Jessica Mixon, 56, admitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on April 22 that she took about $200,000 a year as financial manager for the Nassau County court clerk's office. One week later, she shot herself in the chest in a motel room.
She said she had taken $875,000 since October 1999, but an audit over a longer period showed the losses totaled $1,068,000, county Clerk of Court John Crawford said Thursday.
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