Local Official Spent Public Money on a Wildebeest

A local official in Ohio “used public money to buy kayaks, hot tubs, a popcorn cart, a drum set, a snow cone machine, a CPR manikin, two snow owls and a wildebeest,” the Columbus Dispatch reports.

“Cy Vierstra was sentenced to 59 months in prison after pleading guilty to theft in office, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, tampering with records and other charges. He was also ordered to pay back $340,000.”