A major township scandal seems to be coming to a boil in Burton Township.

These happen periodically throughout Illinois. The biggest I remember was in Elgin Township, where the supervisor made off with hundreds of thousands. There was also something about illegality with a past Dundee Township road commissioner.

Now, big trouble for McHenry County’s tiniest township.

$159,000 is missing.

Burton Township is located in far northeastern McHenry County. For those in the eastern part of McHenry County, think of turning the area east of the Fox River into a separate township. That will give you an idea of the size of Burton Township.

A friend of the blog was at the meeting Thursday night. I wish the friend had sent me photos, but she did have some flavor to add to Northwest Herald reporter Jullian Compton’s quite competent story.

“People were lining up to get a glimpse of the names on the checks written by (former township supervisor) Suzanne Regnier. (The NW Herald) story says that some were written to herself and her children. $75,937.53 to herself and $83,135.81 to ‘third parties’ for a total of $159,073.34.”

There is an auditor’s report covering multiple years

Supervisor Regnier was the wife of recently-retired Spring Grove Police Chief Don Regnier. The Northwest Herald said she committed suicide.

Boy, what a position the ex-chief would have been in if he discovered what his wife supposedly did.

Regnier is the chief whose job former Spring Grove Village President Tom Sanders recently assumed.