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Dean Swan, Ford County Sheriff’s Office mugshot
PAXTON — A longtime Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board member and Button Township supervisor was under investigation by state police for more than a year before his Friday arrest over allegations he steered public business to a trucking firm without disclosing his ownership of the firm.
Illinois State Police said they arrested Dean A. Swan, 52, at his rural Paxton home on Friday, after first consulting Ford County State’s Attorney Randy Yedinak.
Swan was booked at the Ford County Jail in Paxton at 5:35 p.m. Friday on charges of official misconduct, a Class 3 felony; and violating the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act, a Class 4…
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