ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former school district bookkeeper in eastern Missouri’s Montgomery County has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for embezzlement.
Carolyn Yelton was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. The 62-year-old Wellsville resident pleaded guilty in April to one felony count of stealing federal funds.
Federal prosecutors say Yelton embezzled almost $200,000 from the Wellsville-Middletown School District, where she worked from 2000 to 2007. The thefts began six years ago.
Yelton was fired after an audit showed money missing from the district. Prosecutors described Yelton as a regular customer at casinos during the time the money was taken. She must make restitution.
