ST. LOUIS (KTVI) - A former St. Louis County nonprofit leader was convicted of stealing $11 million from a program intended to feed low-income children in the St. Louis region.

On Thursday, a federal jury found Connie Bobo, 46, of St. Charles guilty of three counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of obstruction by tampering with evidence and one count of attempted obstruction, according to federal court documents.

Bobo previously served as the executive director of the New Heights Community Resource Center, a nonprofit designed to provide meals to low-income, school-age children after school and during the summer.

A federal indictment, unsealed two years ago, accuses Bobo of falsely claiming to have served at least three million meals to children through

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