Boone County, Ill. (ECWd) –

Boone County Clerk and Recorder, Julie Bliss, now faces a 26-Count felony indictment handed down from a Boone County Grand Jury yesterday, October 12, 2023.

WREX published an article detailing the Bill of Indictment (read the indictment here).

Generally, there were 13 Counts of Official Misconduct, Class 3 Felonies if convicted, which are each related to the 13 other Counts with a mixture of Class 1, 2, and 3 felony designations, including, but not limited to:

• theft of government property of between $10,000 and $100,000
• theft of government property by deception of between $10,000 and $100,000 (using county credit card to pay for personal expenses)
• theft of government property of between $500 and $10,000 (using county credit card to buy tires for her personal vehicle)
• theft of government property by deception of between $500 and $10,000 (using county credit card to buy tires for her personal vehicle)
• more Counts of theft and theft by deception for keeping government cash, more tires, groceries at Walmart, paying a personal bill with a county clerk electronic check, and wire fraud 5x

***reminder: all individuals are presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law***