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By Derrick James STAFF WRITER Jul 13, 2021
Former Hartshorne City Clerk Meredith Dunkin reported Monday to a federal prison in Texas.
Dunkin was sentenced in May to nine months in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons after pleading guilty to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.
BOP records show Dunkin, 48, is housed at FMC Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas which is described as an administrative security federal medical center with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.
Her release date is noted as April 10, 2022.
Along with her nine-month sentence, Dunkin is ordered to repay restitution to the city of Hartshorne in the amount of $80,083.35 in installments of ânot less than $300 beginning 60 daysâ from her release from prisonâ with 100% of any tax refund from the IRS to be used towards the payment until a zero balance is achieved.
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A sentencing hearing has been moved up for the former Hartshorne City Clerk who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $83,000 by use of a city issued credit card.
Meredith Dawn Dunkin pleaded guilty in November 2020 in the Eastern District of Oklahoma for one count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds from 2013 to 2016 while she was Hartshorneâs city clerk.
Court documents show Dunkinâs sentencing hearing was originally scheduled for May 24 after it was rescheduled from April 26 after a motion filed by federal prosecutors stated the Assistant U.S. Attorney in charge of the case is scheduled to be on annual leave on that date.