She was hungry for money.

A Missouri charity boss swiped nearly $11 million meant for food-starved, low-income kids and blew it on lavish items such as mansions and a flashy yellow Mercedes for her boyfriend, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Connie Bobo, 46, who ran the New Heights Community Resource Center in Bridgeton, allegedly claimed she had spent $20 million of the federally allocated taxpayer money to feed the children between February 2019 to March 2022. 4

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But she actually spent less than half of those “meal reimbursement” funds on food — instead plunking down big bucks on real estate and “luxury goods,” and giving her romantic partner $1.4 million, according to prosecutors.

“[She bought] a mansion for herself, houses for her family and a bright yellow Mercedes for her boyfrie

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