From The Associated Press, 7/6/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-business-director-theft,0,1684973.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Missouri State Business Director Resigns
By Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. --
Missouri's business recruitment director resigned under pressure
Wednesday following disclosures that she previously had been convicted
of theft in Illinois.
Randa A. Hayes, 33, submitted her resignation after being asked to do
so, said Department of Economic Development spokesman Paul Sloca.
On Tuesday, Democrats revealed court records from Cook County, Ill.,
showing Randa A. Ismail was charged in 1996 with several counts of
forgery and theft, some of them felonies.
She pleaded guilty in December 1998 to a misdemeanor theft charge.
Ismail's birth date on the Illinois court records matches the date
listed for Hayes in Missouri government records.
Republican Gov. Matt Blunt had been unaware of any criminal charges or
convictions against Hayes, said Blunt spokesman Spence Jackson.
She was named to her post in March after working on President Bush's
re-election campaign in Missouri.
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