Former Cloud County jail lieutenant, officer arrested and warrant issued in KBI misconduct case

Update Friday:

A former lieutenant at the Cloud County jail is the third person arrested in an official misconduct case and an arrest warrant has been issued on a separate former corrections officer, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said Friday.

Nicholas Clanin, 33, of Concordia was arrested Friday morning in Belleville on suspicion of theft, misuse of public funds, official misconduct and destroying a written instrument.

Clanin was a lieutenant at Cloud County Jail when the alleged crimes took place, KBI spokesperson Melissa Underwood said in a news release. He was booked into the Republic County jail.

An arrest warrant has also been issued for Alexandra Wilcox, 22, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, for suspicion of misdemeanor theft related to the case. She was formerly a corrections officer at the jail.

Original Thursday:

A former Cloud County jail administrator and her mother have been arrested, Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Melissa Underwood said Thursday.

Amber Lindberg, 40, of Concordia was arrested Wednesday in Minneapolis, Kansas, on suspicion of theft, misuse of public funds, official misconduct, making false information, conspiracy to commit theft, conspiracy to commit official misconduct, conspiracy to commit misuse of public funds and conspiracy to commit destroying a written instrument.

Lindberg was the jail administrator when the KBI started an investigation at the jail in June 2019, Underwood said in a news release.

She was booked into Saline County Jail following her arrest. Lindberg’s mother, Joyce Jasper, 62, was arrested in her hometown of Concordia around the same time her daughter was arrested. She was booked into Cloud County jail on suspicion of theft.

“The investigation is ongoing,” Underwood said. “Additional arrests are expected.”

The Lincoln County attorney’s office will prosecute the case, she said.

This story was originally published July 29, 2021 at 7:02 PM.