Title: Another City Girl Mayor Finds Herself in Jail After Committing THIS CRIME
Created On: November 17, 2023 at 07:02AM
From: Oshay Duke Jackson
Eastpointe Mayor Monique Owens is paying $10,000 in restitution in a no contest plea as part of a case in which she was accused of misusing COVID-19 relief money.
Owens, 39, who has faced controversy and is being sued by residents in a separate matter, entered the plea during a pretrial conference Thursday in Macomb County Circuit Court.
She was charged with false pretenses from $1,000 to less than $20,000, a five-year felony, but the county Prosecutor’s Office said in a release that she pleaded no contest to making a false statement, a one-year misdemeanor. It stated she is to be sentenced Oct. 10.
Restitution will be paid to the county, according to court records, as she was accused of falsely stating that her business, Naturally Funny Talent Agency, was 51% owned by a veteran and had more than 100 employees, on a CARES Act grant application through the county in the fall of 2020.