Former D.C. official pleads to embezzlement

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A former elected District of Columbia official pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling thousands of dollars in city money.

William Shelton, a former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Northeast Washington, pleaded to fraud for stealing $28,500 from the city checking account without authorization. Shelton took the money over a year-long period that ended in August 2011, according to the court filing.

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