Ex-Obama aide charged with felony after allegedly stealing co-worker’s debit card to buy kratom
Politics Ex-Obama aide charged with felony after allegedly stealing co-worker’s debit card to buy kratom By Robert Schmad, Fox News Published July 23, 2026, 4:20 p.m. Fetcher served as the Chief Communications Officer for the City of Minneapolis until he was fired from his role in early July during a police investigation following reports that he had stolen cash and bank cards from three fellow municipal employees and blown through hundreds of dollars in smoke shops. Prosecutors formally charged Fetcher with a felony count of financial transaction fraud on Wednesday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
- ▪Politics Ex-Obama aide charged with felony after allegedly stealing co-worker’s debit card to buy kratom By Robert Schmad, Fox News Published July 23, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
- ▪Fetcher served as the Chief Communications Officer for the City of Minneapolis until he was fired from his role in early July during a police investigation following reports that he had stolen cash and bank cards from three fellow municipal
- ▪Prosecutors formally charged Fetcher with a felony count of financial transaction fraud on Wednesday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
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