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Alaska drag queen theft suspect turns up as Arkansas candidate for Congress
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| Contributor | Ashley |
| Last Edited | Ashley Oct 29, 2011 01:44am |
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| Author | Eric Christopher Adams |
| News Date | Friday, October 28, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A former Alaska Democratic politico suspected of stealing money from a nonprofit charity for military veterans, and who's been on the run for a couple of months, has turned up in Arkansas. Running for Congress.
Andrew Caleb Pritt, who managed Diane Benson's 2010 campaign for lieutenant governor, has been accused of raising $3,000 at an Anchorage drag show and auction, pocketing the money and heading south, according to a story first reported by the progressive blog Bent Alaska, and then further investigated by the Anchorage Daily News.
What's known is that Pritt organized a "Home for an Alaskan Hero" fundraiser for Benson's son, Latseen Benson, who lost both his legs in Iraq. Bent Alaska reported in September that the Mad Myrna's benefit raised $3,170 toward a new home for Latseen Benson. The money was then to be provided to the national nonprofit "Homes for Our Troops." |
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