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A gate inscribed with the Independent Order of Oddfellows name is flanked by what officials say is an estimated 8,500 graves, some of which date to the middle 1800s. The city of Neosho has acquired the cemetery through a receivership situation. GLOBE | ROGER NOMER
NEOSHO, Mo. â Charges of felony stealing have been filed against a former employee of a cemetery now controlled by the city of Neosho.
Anthony Joseph Flores, 31, Neosho, has been charged with two counts of stealing money from the Neosho IOOF Cemetery, according to charges filed in Newton County.Â
Flores is accused of overpaying himself about $18,000 between 2017 and 2019, according to the first charge, and used about $750 in cemetery funds to buy four tires for his personal vehicle and power tools, according to the second charge.
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2020
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