The Deeper Dig: Returning to Coventry

Coventry Selectboard Chair Mike Marcotte switches out the lock to Cynthia Diaz’s office the day she was removed as town clerk. File photo by Dan Schwartz/VTDiggerCynthia Diaz, the now-former clerk and treasurer in Coventry, admitted in civil court this week to destroying a thumb drive containing records of the town’s finances. Diaz still has not faced criminal charges over town officials’ suspicions that she embezzled roughly $1.4 million in public funds.
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