1 year, 1 month ago by Scott Hardy
Tracey Ray entered plea to lesser charges
Former Center, Missouri clerk Tracey Ray, who's already been sentenced to prison on Federal charges that she stole over $300,000 from the city, has pleaded Guilty to lesser charges in a separate state case from 2019.
Ray was in Boone County Circuit Court Wednesday, where she pleaded Guilty to two counts of 2nd Degree Assault as part of a settlement with prosecutors. In return, they dropped two counts each of 1st Degree Assault and Armed Criminal Action. The case is being heard in Boone County on a change of venue from Ralls County. Ray faced those charges as a result of a July 2nd, 2019 shooting that slightly wounded former Ralls County Sheriff Gerry Dinwiddie and former Chief Deputy Ronald Haught. She's already been sentenced to 18 months in Federal prison, after pleading Guilty in June 2022 to Federal counts of wire fraud and federal program theft. Ray admitted she stole just over $317,000 from the city of Center between January 2015 and early July 2019. The Government had said Ray used $206,000 in city money to pay charges on her personal credit card. She also used $62,000 in city money to pay for her family's health insurance, life and disability policies.
The Boone County Circuit Clerk's Office says that a sentencing date for Ray hasn't been set yet.
