Boone County board member pleads guilty to stealing money from church

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) – A Boone County Board Member has pleaded guilty to stealing money from a church.

Marion Thornberry, 79, entered a plea of guilty Monday. He was charged in 2025 with theft of less than $500 from a house of worship.

Accord records, the plea comes as part of an agreement with prosecutors. As part of the agreement, Thornberry was placed on court supervision for 12 months and ordered to pay unspecified fines and costs…

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