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Former arts council leader sentenced

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published October 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM EDT
Celeste Lawson

By Eileen Buckley

Buffalo, NY – The former leader of the Buffalo and Erie County Arts Council was sentenced for embezzling money from the organization.

58 year old Celeste Lawson appeared in Erie County Court Tuesday. But as WBFO'S Eileen Buckley reports, Lawson continues to maintain that the missing funds at the Arts council were not related to her gambling addiction.