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A Des Moines woman had her charge dismissed in Greene County District Court.

According to court documents, Greene County Attorney Thomas Laehn filed a motion to dismiss the Class D Felony for gambling-avoid setoff for 42-year-old Jade Leonard. District Court Judge Joseph McCarville granted the dismissal with the court costs to be assessed to Leonard. 

Leonard was accused of falsely claiming a jackpot at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson on August 26th for Paul Wright. In the dismissal, Laehn notes it would be in the interest of justice to dismiss the charge.