Arkansas
Former El Dorado mayor arrested on theft charge | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Agents with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office on Tuesday arrested a former El Dorado mayor after authorities say she stole money from a nonprofit she used to work with, a news release states.
Veronica Creer, who was elected in 2018 and left office at the end of 2022, faces a felony theft of property charge after authorities say she pulled $23,544 from the account of El Dorado Crime Stoppers in October 2023, the release states.
Creer took the money, which was the entire balance of the nonprofit’s account, and put it in an account for another nonprofit, Parents United Against Youth Violence, a few months later, authorities say.
The former mayor previously served on the board for the crime stoppers nonprofit, but had not been active on the board since 2016, the release states. Creer was still listed as a signatory on the nonprofit’s bank account, however.
“Her decision to withdraw the money and direct it to a different organization was not approved by anyone but her,” Griffin said in the release.
El Dorado police learned of Creer’s actions and notified 13th Judicial District Prosecutor Jeff Rogers, who asked Griffin’s agents to investigate, the release states.
“I appreciate the work done on this case by my office and the El Dorado Police Department, and the cooperation of Prosecuting Attorney Rogers,” Griffin said in the statement. “We are all equal under the law, and I will continue to enforce the law.”
Rex Nelson
Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called “Southern Fried.”
After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year before becoming editor of Arkadelphia’s Daily Siftings Herald. He was the youngest editor of a daily in Arkansas at age 23. Rex was then news and sports director at KVRC-KDEL from 1983-1985.
He returned to the Democrat as assistant sports editor in 1985. From 1986-1989, he was its Washington correspondent. He left to be Jackson T. Stephens’ consultant.
Rex became the Democrat-Gazette’s first political editor in 1992, but left in 1996 to join then-Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office. He also served from 2005-09 in the administration of President George W. Bush.
From 2009-2018, he worked stints at the Communications Group, Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities, and Simmons First National Corp.
Dylan Sherman
Dylan Sherman is a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He is based in Northwest Arkansas and focuses on Tyson Foods Inc. and the transportation industry. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he has been with the newspaper since 2023.
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