The former mayor of Harrisburg, Pa., was charged Tuesday with dozens of counts for allegedly using city money to fund obsessive buying sprees of artifacts that helped plunge the state capital into debt, the state’s attorney general said.

Former Mayor Stephen Reed, 65 years old, was charged with running a corrupt organization, bribery and multiple counts of theft, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said. Mr. Reed served as Harrisburg’s mayor for 28 years, leaving in early 2010.

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